Japan Synopsis
カタクリ家の幸福
“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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Comedy + Drama in Japan
462 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Happiness of the Katakuris itself).
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
The Happiness of the Katakuris holds position #95 of 247 Japan films in the 2001–2003 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Happiness of the Katakuris premiered alongside 81 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other Japan films in 2002.
The 1407th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
178 audience reviews — more than 84% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (84th percentile) outruns trending popularity (58th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,108 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #732 of 1,411 (top 52%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
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| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku, dentsu, Eisei Gekijo, Ganmo, Gentosha |
| Runtime | 1h 53m |
| Release Date | February 23, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0304262 |