The Ancestral Home vs The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Ancestral Home has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.9/10 for The Happiness of the Katakuris). The Happiness of the Katakuris is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 1h 57m. The Happiness of the Katakuris is the older of the two (2002 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Ancestral Home posterThe Ancestral Home2025 VS The Happiness of the Katakuris posterThe Happiness of the Katakuris2002
The Ancestral HomeThe Happiness of the Katakuris
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 6.9/10
Year20252002
Length1h 57m1h 53m
GenresComedy, Drama, Family, HorrorComedy, Drama, Horror
CountryVietnam–
DirectorHuỳnh LậpTakashi Miike
Main castMai Thế Hiệp, Chí Tâm, Ngô Phạm Hạnh Thúy, Huỳnh Lập, Phương Mỹ ChiNaoto Takenaka, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kenichi Endo, Yoshiki Arizono, Tetsuro Tamba

Synopsis

The Ancestral Home

A Gen Z content creator returns to her ancestral home seeking viral material, only to encounter her deceased brother’s ghost while dealing with avaricious relatives.

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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