Product Information
The Katakuris are an seemingly normal kind of family and they dream of owning their own country inn. Their dreams come true and they start up the business, however, things don't go quite to plan when all of their guests drop down dead... The family decide to keep the deaths a secret in order to protect their business and take to burying the bodies in a nearby forest...Product Identifiers
EAN5023965343321
eBay Product ID (ePID)3957951
Product Key Features
ActorShinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Tetsuro Tamba
Film/TV TitleThe Happiness of the Katakuris
DirectorTakashi Miike
LanguageJapanese
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time113 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.77 Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2003
FeaturesWidescreen, Star And Director Filmographies\Scene Selection\Jamie Russell Film Notes\Miike Takashi Trailer Reel\Miike Takashi Audio Commentary\Miike Takashi Interview\Making Of Documentary\Original Theatrical Trailer\TV Spots, With Subtitles
GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureJapan
ReviewsSight and Sound - ...It feels of a piece with its director's output....Miike has added a great deal of more bizarre material...
Additional InformationBest known for his dark splatterfests (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER), director Takeshi Miike takes a detour from his usual style with HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS. After losing his job at a department store, patriarch Masao (Kenji Sawada) has opened a country inn at which the whole family can work. The trouble is, whenever someone checks in, they seem to die before checking out! The inn spells a different adventure for each member of the family, and Miike somehow finds the ability to work in some surreal clay animation along with several elaborate karaoke-style musical numbers.
ScreenwriterKikumi Yamagishi
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Format DescriptionDVD 5
Movie/TV TitleThe Happiness Of The Katakuris