The Happiness of the Katakuris with Kenji Sawada: DVD Cover

    The Happiness of the Katakuris
    a.k.a. Katakuri-ke no koufuku Director: Takashi Miike Cast: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida

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    • DVD Release Date: 11/18/2008
    • Original Release: 2001
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 33,293

    Viewer Rating: (1 ratings)

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    Features

    Commentary from Takashi Miike; Interviews with the Katakuris; Animating thw Katakuris; Original trailer; Making of special

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    Scene Index

    Disc #1 -- The Happiness of the Katakuris
    1. A Happy Family [8:46]
    2. A Guest [8:47]
    3. Calm Down [5:35]
    4. The Burial [5:21]
    5. In Love [7:27]
    6. Suspicions [8:14]
    7. Police Visit [7:18]
    8. Ordinary People [4:40]
    9. Richard's Arrival [5:00]
    10. The Figt [13:23]
    11. Not Another One! [4:51]
    12. Hard Work [7:18]
    13. I Shall Go [8:24]
    14. The Hostage [5:30]
    15. That's Life [6:29]
    16. End Credits [5:23]

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    Editorial Reviews

    One of an amazing seven features directed in 2001 by Japan's prolific shock auteur Takashi Miike, The Happiness of the Katakuris is a gleefully morbid musical comedy about a family of oddballs who open an inn in the mountains. Unfortunately, through no fault of their own, none of their guests leave their rooms alive. In order to protect their business, the family resorts to burying the corpses in the backyard, but this only leads to a zombie problem. Meanwhile, the daughter falls in love with Richard, a mysterious British navy officer, who looks suspiciously Japanese but claims to be the nephew of Queen Elizabeth herself. Just when Richard bungles onto a clue that might lead him to uncover the string of disappearing guests, a nearby volcano begins rumbling to life. Propelled by musical numbers rife with movie and pop culture references, The Happiness of the Katakuris is a departure from Miike's famously gruesome thrillers. ~ Tom Vick, All Movie Guide All Movie Guide

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    A weird, but fun movieby Anonymous

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    September 26, 2009: A lot of people call this a zombie movie, but I don't really count it as such, since the only zombie scene is about 5 minutes long. It is a really bizarre comedy, though, with random outbursts of songs (and a karaoke session) and plenty of dark humor throughout. Most hard-core horror movie fans will be disappointed by the lack of gore and actual "horror".