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The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)
Directed by Takashi Miike
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 113 minutes
Actors
Kenji Sawada | Keiko Matsuzaka | Shinji Takeda | Naomi Nishida | Kiyoshiro Imawano | Tetsurō Tamba | Naoto Takenaka | Tamaki Miyazaki | Takashi Matsuzaki | Yoshiki Arizono | Chihiro Asakawa | Ken'ichi Endô | Moeko Ezawa | Yumeki Kanazawa | Yoshiyuki Morishita | Tokitoshi Shiota
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/26/2023 | TV | Blu-ray | Owned | 7 stars |
| 05/01/2004 | TV | DVD | Rented | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Unbelievably the first Miike film I’ve seen this year. Put this on my revisit list for October bc it’s been far too long (also regret not catching this on the big screen at FF bc I don’t think I’ll ever have a chance to see it big again).
Kinda wild to watch now as it feels so quaint. Had I been more in tune with what this movie is doing this would’ve been one Miike film I could’ve watched with Yumi and she probably would like it (she enjoyed JP comedies the most).
Loved seeing Yoshiyuki Morishita show up as the cop then Kenichi Endo as the criminal. Also that Tetsuro Tamba is in this is amazing. So cool to see that legend just being all silly. Naoto Takenaka has a ridiculous wig!
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