The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Katakuri-ke no kôfuku
Love. Music. Horror. Volcanos. Cinema was never meant to be like this!
113 min
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.
- Release date
- October 31, 2001
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Kôji Endô, Kôji Makaino
- Budget
- $1,500,000
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Kenji Sawada as Masao Katakuri
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Terue Katakuri
- Shinji Takeda as Masayuki Katakuri
- Naomi Nishida as Shizue Katakuri
- Kiyoshirô Imawano as Richâdo Sagawa
- Tetsurō Tanba as Grandpa Jinpei Katakuri
- Naoto Takenaka as TV Reporter
- Tamaki Miyazaki as Yurie Katakuri
- Takashi Matsuzaki as Utanômi
- Yoshiki Arizono as Father of the poor family
- Ken'ichi Endō as Kudou
- Moeko Ezawa as Itako
- Yoshiyuki Morishita as Officer Miyake
- Tokitoshi Shiota as First Guest
- Naoto Takenaka as Singer
Crew
- Takashi Miike · Director
- Ai Kennedy · Writer
- Kikumi Yamagishi · Writer
- Tetsuo Sashô · Producer
- Hirotsugu Yoshida · Producer
- Kôji Endô · Composer
- Kôji Makaino · Composer
- Hideo Yamamoto · Cinematographer
- Yasushi Shimamura · Editor