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The Happiness of the Katakuris

Original title: Katakuri-ke no kôfuku
  • 20012001
  • RR
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
9.3K
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The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
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A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
9.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Takashi Miike
  • Writers
    • Ai Kennedy(translation)
    • Kikumi Yamagishi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kenji Sawada
    • Keiko Matsuzaka
    • Shinji Takeda
Top credits
  • Director
    • Takashi Miike
  • Writers
    • Ai Kennedy(translation)
    • Kikumi Yamagishi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kenji Sawada
    • Keiko Matsuzaka
    • Shinji Takeda
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 85User reviews
    • 89Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Trailer 1:41
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    The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    Kenji Sawada and Shinji Takeda in The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    Shinji Takeda in The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    Keiko Matsuzaka, Naomi Nishida, Shinji Takeda, Tetsurô Tanba, and Tamaki Miyazaki in The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    Kiyoshirô Imawano in The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    Keiko Matsuzaka, Naomi Nishida, Kenji Sawada, Shinji Takeda, Tetsurô Tanba, and Tamaki Miyazaki in The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    Ken'ichi Endô in The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    Keiko Matsuzaka, Naomi Nishida, Kenji Sawada, Tetsurô Tanba, and Tamaki Miyazaki in The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    Keiko Matsuzaka, Naomi Nishida, Shinji Takeda, Tetsurô Tanba, and Tamaki Miyazaki in The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
    Naomi Nishida and Kiyoshirô Imawano in The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

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    Kenji Sawada
    Kenji Sawada
    • Masao Katakuri
    Keiko Matsuzaka
    • Terue Katakuri
    Shinji Takeda
    • Masayuki Katakuri
    Naomi Nishida
    • Shizue Katakuri
    Kiyoshirô Imawano
    • Richâdo Sagawa
    Tetsurô Tanba
    Tetsurô Tanba
    • Grandpa Jinpei Katakuri
    Naoto Takenaka
    Naoto Takenaka
    • TV Reporter…
    Tamaki Miyazaki
    • Yurie Katakuri
    Takashi Matsuzaki
    • Utanômi
    Yoshiki Arizono
    • Father of the poor family
    Chihiro Asakawa
    • Utanômi's girlfriend
    Masahiro Asakawa
    Ken'ichi Endô
    Ken'ichi Endô
    • Kudou
    Moeko Ezawa
    • Itako
    Mutsumi Fujita
    Akiko Hatakeyama
    Yumeki Kanazawa
    • Sick boy
    Shôken Kunimoto
    • Director
      • Takashi Miike
    • Writers
      • Ai Kennedy(translation)
      • Kikumi Yamagishi(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The plot of this film is loosely based on the Korean film 'The Quiet Family' (1998), which was not a musical.
    • Goofs
      A piece of flying debris gets caught on Richâdo Sagawaw's stunt wire for a few seconds whilst he begins flying in the junk yard musical scene.
    • Quotes

      Richâdo Sagawa: My nose isn't bleeding because I'm horny, the blood is rushing to enhance my critical faculties. And as I have much more blood than a Japanese, it surges uncontrollably.

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Horror Musicals (2016)

    User reviews85

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    Top review
    5/10
    Not bad, but not Takashi Miike's best work...
    When I bought "The Happiness of the Katakuris" from Amazon it was under the impression that it was a musical with zombies, plus it is a Takashi Miike movie, two good things combined, or so it would appear.

    First of all, you had to wait 76 minutes into the movie before the zombies make their appearance, and then even so, you see them for less than 5 minutes. So don't acquire this movie under the impression that it is a zombie musical, which I did. You will be sorely disappointed.

    I do enjoy Takashi Miike's work and have most of it on DVD, this however, I will say it not amongst his best work. Sure the movie in itself was entertaining enough, it had a perverse dark comical touch to it, which is one of Takashi Miike's trademarks. But the movie was fairly slowly moving with very little actually happening, which in my opinion weighed the movie down.

    Also, the DVD cover has 'the hills are alive with the sound of screaming!' boasted on the front cover. Yeah, that was false advertising of a grand scale. And on the back of the cover it boasted 'The Sound of Music meets Dawn of the Dead" ... yeah, right!

    The story itself was entertaining, especially since all those people tragically died at the family's guest-house, which was kind of strange and coincidental. And the family itself was quite interesting and weird at the same time. The characters in the movie were nicely portrayed and had lots of depths to them, which really worked in favor of the movie. And the make-up of the zombies was actually quite good, I enjoyed that quite a lot, even though it was less than 5 minutes of screen time.

    If you enjoy Asian musicals, then "The Happiness of the Katakuris" is perhaps a great choice for you, personally, I enjoyed the Korean musical "The Fox Family" a lot more than I did this movie. But hey, it is all a matter of preference.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 23, 2002 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • La felicidad de los Katakuri
    • Filming locations
      • Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Dentsu
      • Eisei Gekijo
      • Ganmo
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    • Budget
      • $1,500,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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