The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)

カタクリ家の幸福

Love. Music. Horror. Volcanos. Cinema was never meant to be like this!

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.

Date of release
2002-02-23
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (234)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Horror
Director
Takashi Miike

Casting

Interesting facts

The Happiness of the Katakuris is a 2001 Japanese musical comedy horror film directed by Takashi Miike, with screenplay by Kikumi Yamagishi. It is loosely based on the South Korean film The Quiet Family. The film is a surreal horror-comedy in the farce tradition, which includes claymation sequences, musical and dance numbers, a karaoke-style sing-along scene, and dream sequences.

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