I Sell the Dead vs The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Happiness of the Katakuris has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6/10 for I Sell the Dead). I Sell the Dead is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 53m. The Happiness of the Katakuris is the older of the two (2002 against 2008). Both are comedy, drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

I Sell the Dead posterI Sell the Dead2008 VS The Happiness of the Katakuris posterThe Happiness of the Katakuris2002
I Sell the DeadThe Happiness of the Katakuris
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 6.9/10
Year20082002
Length1h 25m1h 53m
GenresComedy, Drama, HorrorComedy, Drama, Horror
Country––
DirectorGlenn McQuaidTakashi Miike
Main castRon Perlman, John Speredakos, Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, Joel Marsh GarlandNaoto Takenaka, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kenichi Endo, Yoshiki Arizono, Tetsuro Tamba

Synopsis

I Sell the Dead

18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy. Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes.

The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.

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