Fresh
It's weirdly -- and often wonderfully -- entertaining.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Love. Music. Horror. Volcanos. Cinema was never meant to be like this!
2002 · 1h 53m · R
Comedy, Drama, Horror
Directed by
Takashi Miike
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.
Director and cast
- Takashi Miike Director
- Kenji Sawada as Masao Katakuri
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Terue Katakuri
- Shinji Takeda as Masayuki Katakuri
- Naomi Nishida as Shizue Katakuri
- Kiyoshiro Imawano as Richâdo Sagawa
- Tetsuro Tamba as Ojîsan Jinpei Katakuri
- Naoto Takenaka as TV Reporter / Singer
- Tamaki Miyazaki as Yurie Katakuri
- Takashi Matsuzaki as Utanômi
- Yoshiki Arizono as Father of the poor family
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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
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
Fresh
A kind of strange, existentialist comedy.
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
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
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