Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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1998's The Quiet Family from South Korean writer/director Kim Jee-woon is a dark comedy horror/thriller. When Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike decided to remake the film as The Happiness of the Katakuris, he did so as a musical with goofy humor and wild stop-motion animation. This video essay explores how the story translated into different genres and tones and why this is a rare case of a remake surpassing the original.

My Song Kang-ho video essay: youtu.be/5ZMbGg_vZGg?si=89r1mgV5aa6eMc-x

Read my horror novel "South of the Mason-Dixon"
https://a.co/d/7uepDNx

Read my post-apocalyptic revenge novel "The Fall of Polite" amazon.com/dp/B084V2CKGQ

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