The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002) [R]

Release Date:
February 23, 2002

Original Title:
カタクリ家の幸福

Alternate Titles:
Katakuri-ke no kôfuku

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Horror

Production Companies:
Eisei Gekijo
Ganmo
Little Garage
MBS
Sedic International
Shochiku
Spike K.K.
dentsu
幻燈社

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 113

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.

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Director:
Takashi Miike

Director of Photography:
Hideo Yamamoto

Editor:
Yasushi Shimamura

Original Film Writer:
Kim Jee-woon

Original Music Composer:
Koji Endo
Koji Makaino

Producer:
Hirotsugu Yoshida

Screenplay:
Kikumi Yamagishi

Sound:
Yoshiya Obara

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Yûichi Matsui

Translator:
Ai Kennedy

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Misako Saka

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