The Happiness of the Katakuris
movie

Love. Music. Horror. Volcanos. Cinema was never meant to be like this!
Released February 23, 2002
Overview
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
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Tamaki Miyazaki
as
Yurie Katakuri
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Takashi Matsuzaki
as
Utanomi

Yoshiki Arizono
as
Father of the Poor Family
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Chihiro Asakawa
as
Utanomi's Girlfriend

Kenichi Endo
as
Kudou
Crew
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Hirotsugu Yoshida
as
Producer
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Kikumi Yamagishi
as
Screenplay

Takashi Miike
as
Director
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Ai Kennedy
as
Translator
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Yasushi Shimamura
as
Editor
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Yûichi Matsui
as
Special Effects Makeup Artist
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Misako Saka
as
Visual Effects Supervisor
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Yoshiya Obara
as
Sound
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Hideo Yamamoto
as
Director of Photography

Kim Jee-woon
as
Original Film Writer

Koji Endo
as
Original Music Composer
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Koji Makaino
as
Original Music Composer