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User Rating:
7.3/10   3,807 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ai Kennedy (translation)
Kikumi Yamagishi (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 February 2002 (Japan) more
Tagline:
Love, Music, Horror, Volcanos. Cinema was never meant to be like this! (UK Release) more
Plot:
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
User Reviews:
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Kenji Sawada ... Masao Katakuri
Keiko Matsuzaka ... Terue Katakuri
Shinji Takeda ... Masayuki Katakuri
Naomi Nishida ... Shizue Katakuri
Kiyoshiro Imawano ... Richâdo Sagawa
Tetsurô Tanba ... Ojîsan Jinpei Katakuri
Naoto Takenaka ... TV Reporter / Singer
Tamaki Miyazaki ... Yurie Katakuri
Takashi Matsuzaki ... Utanômi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yoshiki Arizono ... Father of the poor family
Chihiro Asakawa ... Utanômi's girlfriend
Masahiro Asakawa
Ken'ichi Endô ... Kudou
Moeko Ezawa
Akiko Hatakeyama
Yumeki Kanazawa ... Byôki otoko no ko
Maro
Aya Meguro
Yoshiyuki Morishita ... Policeman Miyaki
Yuka Nakatani
Miho Sawada
Tokitoshi Shiota ... First guest
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Directed by
Takashi Miike 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ai Kennedy  translation
Kikumi Yamagishi  screenplay

Produced by
Hirotsugu Yoshida .... producer
 
Original Music by
Kôji Endô 
Kôji Makaino 
 
Cinematography by
Hideo Yamamoto 
 
Film Editing by
Yasushi Shimamura  (as Taiji Shimamura)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Masato Tanno .... first assistant director
 
Sound Department
Yoshiya Obara .... sound
 
Visual Effects by
Misako Saka .... visual effects supervisor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Kiyoshi Itô .... assistant camera
 
Other crew
Ryohei Kondo .... choreographer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Happiness of the Katakuris (Japan: English title) (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violent images and some sexual content.
Runtime:
113 min
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References Koroshiya 1 (2001) more

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16 out of 20 people found the following review useful.
Like a field of fluffy bunnies., 30 May 2004
9/10
Author: Nyagtha from Norwich, England

There is little more to say about this film than to recommend it heartily to anyone with a sense of humour. I mean a proper sense of humour. If you have ever wet yourself sitting through Monty Python you are going to enjoy this. This isn't Will and Grace.

Most of the songs are great, the song based around a dead man with scissors in his neck is brilliant. They are cheesy, OTT and have some of the best dance moves since Ricky Martin tried dismally to samba his way into the charts. I am still humming along to some of the tunes (from the Katakuris, not Ricky Martin. Although I wish he'd been a guest at the Katakuri's guest house.) My greatest problem with the film comes from its advertising. It is labelled as a "Cannibal Musical" in some press releases. Ignore this. There is no cannibalism in this film. Not even a suggestion of it. Nobody even says in close up; "Oh I am hungry" and then is juxtaposed with a shot of a dead body. The only feasible description of this film which mentions cannibalism is: "Is not about cannibalism, unless if by cannibalism you mean songs".

You are going to have a great time watching this film and if you are familiar with Miike I think it is safe to say that this film is more shocking that even Ichi the Killer. Why? Because at the end of it you feel all warm and fluffy inside and I dare say nobody expects this from Takashi Miike. I certainly didn't.

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