The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)

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  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
  • Release Date: 2002-02-23
  • User Rating: 6.949/10 from 198 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 53min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Shochiku
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Takashi Miike
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Summary

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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  • Kenji Sawada

    as Masao Katakuri
  • Keiko Matsuzaka

    as Terue Katakuri
  • Shinji Takeda

    as Masayuki Katakuri
  • Naomi Nishida

    as Shizue Katakuri
  • Kiyoshiro Imawano

    as Richado Sagawa
  • Tetsuro Tamba

    as Granpa Jinpei Katakuri
  • Naoto Takenaka

    as TV Reporter / Singer
  • Tamaki Miyazaki

    as Yurie Katakuri
  • Takashi Matsuzaki

    as Utanomi
  • Yoshiki Arizono

    as Father of the Poor Family
  • Chihiro Asakawa

    as Utanomi's Girlfriend
  • Ken'ichi Endô

    as Kudou
  • Moeko Ezawa

    as Itako
  • Yumeki Kanazawa

    as Sick Boy
  • Yoshiyuki Morishita

    as Policeman Miyaki
  • Tokitoshi Shiota

    as First Guest
Production Hirotsugu Yoshida Producer
Writing Kikumi Yamagishi Screenplay
Directing Takashi Miike Director
Crew Ai Kennedy Translator
Editing Yasushi Shimamura Editor
Costume & Make-Up Yûichi Matsui Special Effects Makeup Artist
Visual Effects Misako Saka Visual Effects Supervisor
Sound Yoshiya Obara Sound
Camera Hideo Yamamoto Director of Photography
Writing Kim Jee-woon Original Film Writer
Sound Koji Endo Original Music Composer
Sound Koji Makaino Original Music Composer

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