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.
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
247 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Happiness of the Katakuris sits at position #95.
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Happiness of the Katakuris premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |