Just Buried vs The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Happiness of the Katakuris has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.9/10 for Just Buried). Just Buried is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 53m. The Happiness of the Katakuris is the older of the two (2002 against 2007). Both are comedy, drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Just Buried posterJust Buried2007 VS The Happiness of the Katakuris posterThe Happiness of the Katakuris2002
Just BuriedThe Happiness of the Katakuris
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 6.9/10
Year20072002
Length1h 34m1h 53m
GenresComedy, Drama, HorrorComedy, Drama, Horror
Country––
DirectorChaz ThorneTakashi Miike
Main castJay Baruchel, Nigel Bennett, Thomas Gibson, Rose Byrne, Graham GreeneNaoto Takenaka, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kenichi Endo, Yoshiki Arizono, Tetsuro Tamba

Synopsis

Just Buried

A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the place in business!

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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