The Happiness of the Katakuris
Love. Music. Horror. Volcanos. Cinema was never meant to be like this!
Love. Music. Horror. Volcanos. Cinema was never meant to be like this!
Comedy, Drama, Horror
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2002
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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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Cast:
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Details
Runtime:
113 min
Release date:
23 Feb 2002
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$1,500,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's weirdly -- and often wonderfully -- entertaining.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
17 Jan 2003
rotten:
By the second hour, Miike's story fails to punctuate its powerful setup, and the work, much like the family itself, ends up a tangled mess.
– Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Dec 2002
rotten:
There are so many moments in Happiness of the Katakuris that beg us to walk out on the movie, it's hard to pick just one.
– Michael Booth,
Denver Post,
27 Nov 2002
fresh:
A kind of strange, existentialist comedy.
– Jonathan Curiel,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Oct 2002
rotten:
An amusing scenario, until even Miike seems to lose his taste for the oddly sweet concoction and allows the film to drift aimlessly to a rainbow-hued finale.
– Paul Malcolm,
L.A. Weekly,
25 Oct 2002