The Happiness of the Katakuris
“Love. Music. Horror. Volcanos. Cinema was never meant to be like this!”
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.
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Cast
16 people
Kenji Sawada
Masao Katakuri
Known for
Hiruko the Goblin
Keiko Matsuzaka
Terue Katakuri
Known for
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
Legend of the Demon Cat
Shinji Takeda
Masayuki Katakuri
Known for
Devilman - Volume 3: Devilman Apocalypse
Pulse
Naomi Nishida
Shizue Katakuri
Known for
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Hanzawa Naoki
Kiyoshiro Imawano
Richard Sagawa
Also in
Producing Nobuta
Death Powder
Tetsuro Tamba
Granpa Jinpei Katakuri
Known for
You Only Live Twice
Harakiri
Naoto Takenaka
TV Reporter / Singer
Known for
Shinjuku Incident
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Tamaki Miyazaki
Yurie Katakuri
No other roles listed
Takashi Matsuzaki
Utanomi
Yoshiki Arizono
Father of the Poor Family
Known for
Ichi the Killer
Electric Dragon 80000V
Chihiro Asakawa
Utanomi's Girlfriend
Also in
FM89.3MHz
Begging for Love
Kenichi Endō
Kudou
Known for
Visitor Q
THE DAYS
Takashi Miike Director · Kikumi Yamagishi Screenplay Koji Endo Composer
Budget $1.5M · United States release June 16, 2015 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Budget
$1,500,000
Production
Shochiku
Production
dentsu
Production
Eisei Gekijo
Production
Ganmo
Production
Gentosha
Production
Little Garage
Production
MBS
Production
Sedic International
Production
Spike K.K.
Production
Katakuri-ke no Kôfuku Seisaku Iinkai
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
カタクリ家の幸福
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 31, 2001
Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
Japan · February 23, 2002
Theatrical
United States · June 16, 2015
Physical · Blu-ray
United States
November 25, 2025 · Physical · Blu-ray
Germany
July 20, 2023 · Theatrical
Spain
November 29, 2006 · Theatrical
December 28, 2006 · Physical
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