Is The Happiness of the Katakuris one of a kind?

Yes, very. More singular than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Happiness of the Katakuris sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Happiness of the Katakuris end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Happiness of the Katakuris violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Happiness of the Katakuris scary?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Happiness of the Katakuris easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Happiness of the Katakuris

Name: The Happiness of the Katakuris
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Released: 2002
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Kiyoshiro Imawano

Love. Music. Horror. Volcanos. Cinema was never meant to be like this!

Directed by Takashi Miike

Produced by Shochiku, dentsu

2002113 min6.9 / 10

A wildly surreal, tonally chaotic musical-horror-comedy that treats death and family dysfunction with equal parts grotesque humor and genuine affection.

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.

Clusters

Action Comedy Comedies That Mock Society Dark Comedy Drama Teen Horror Comedy Musical Theatre & Opera

Genres

Comedy Drama Horror

Keywords

Suicide Mountain Musical Psychotronic

Questions people ask

Is The Happiness of the Katakuris one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 98% of films.
Is The Happiness of the Katakuris sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does The Happiness of the Katakuris end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
Is The Happiness of the Katakuris violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Happiness of the Katakuris scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Happiness of the Katakuris easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.