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カタクリ家の幸福

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Horror
Confirmed2002-02-236.96.9Trakt

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.

The Happiness of the Katakuris is a 2002 Japanese dark comedy-horror film about a family running a remote mountain guest house that becomes an increasingly macabre burial ground. Directed by Takashi Miike, the film blends absurdist humor, surreal musical numbers, and horror as the Katakuri family faces mounting chaos when their guests begin dying under bizarre circumstances. Now available to stream, it's a cult classic for fans of unconventional genre-bending cinema.

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2002-02-23

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Trailer for Blu-ray [Subtitled]

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The Happiness of the Katakuris — frequently asked

When was The Happiness of the Katakuris released?

The film was released on February 23, 2002 in Japan.

What is The Happiness of the Katakuris about?

The Katakuri family opens a guest house in the mountains, but their guests begin dying under unusual circumstances. To avoid scandal, they bury each body in the backyard, leading to increasingly absurd and horrific complications.

Who directed this film?

The Happiness of the Katakuris was directed by Takashi Miike, known for blending multiple genres and visual styles in unconventional ways.

Is this a horror movie?

It's a horror-comedy-drama hybrid that mixes dark humor, musical sequences, and grotesque imagery rather than traditional scares.

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