The Happiness of the Katakuris | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | July 2, 2015
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Horror/Comedy/Musical. Like a Japanese Bollywood film. Highly entertaining for those open to strange experiences and #takashimiike films.
| genre | Comedy | foreign | Horror |
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| synopsis | 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. |
| lead 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 | Yumeki Kanazawa | Yoshiyuki Morishita | Tokitoshi Shiota |
| director | Takashi Miike |