The Happiness of the Katakuris vs The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.9/10 for The Happiness of the Katakuris). The Lost Boys is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 53m. The Lost Boys is the older of the two (1987 against 2002). Both are comedy, drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Happiness of the Katakuris posterThe Happiness of the Katakuris2002 VS The Lost Boys posterThe Lost Boys1987
The Happiness of the KatakurisThe Lost Boys
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 7.1/10
Year20021987
Length1h 53m1h 37m
GenresComedy, Drama, HorrorComedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorTakashi MiikeJoel Schumacher
Main castNaoto Takenaka, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kenichi Endo, Yoshiki Arizono, Tetsuro TambaKiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Corey Feldman

Synopsis

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.

The Lost Boys

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

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