The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)
Original title: カタクリ家の幸福
The Happiness of the Katakuris is a 2002 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Takashi Miike, with a running time of 1h 53m. It stars Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka and Shinji Takeda.
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.
Cast
- Kenji Sawada as Masao Katakuri
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Terue Katakuri
- Shinji Takeda as Masayuki Katakuri
- Naomi Nishida as Shizue Katakuri
- Kiyoshiro Imawano as Richard Sagawa
- Tetsuro Tamba as Granpa Jinpei Katakuri
- Naoto Takenaka as TV Reporter / Singer
- Tamaki Miyazaki as Yurie Katakuri
- Takashi Matsuzaki as Utanomi
- Yoshiki Arizono as Father of the Poor Family
- Chihiro Asakawa as Utanomi's Girlfriend
- Kenichi Endo as Kudou