May vs The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Happiness of the Katakuris has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.6/10 for May). May is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 53m. The Happiness of the Katakuris is the older of the two (2002 against 2003). Both are comedy, drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

May posterMay2003 VS The Happiness of the Katakuris posterThe Happiness of the Katakuris2002
MayThe Happiness of the Katakuris
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 6.9/10
Year20032002
Length1h 33m1h 53m
GenresComedy, Drama, HorrorComedy, Drama, Horror
Country––
DirectorLucky McKeeTakashi Miike
Main castWill Estes, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval, Connor MatheusNaoto Takenaka, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kenichi Endo, Yoshiki Arizono, Tetsuro Tamba

Synopsis

May

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

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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