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The Happiness of the Katakuris

6.9/10

Rating

113 min

Runtime

2002

Release Year

Takashi Miike

Director

Cast

Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Kiyoshiro Imawano

Quick Synopsis

The Katakuri family has recently opened a guest house in a remote mountain area, hoping to start a new business. Their plans take a dark turn when their first guest unexpectedly commits suicide, and to avoid legal issues, they decide to secretly bury him in their backyard. The situation becomes even more complicated when their second guest, a well-known sumo wrestler, dies during an encounter with his underage girlfriend. As more guests meet untimely deaths, the family struggles to manage the growing number of bodies buried behind their house, leading to increasingly difficult and chaotic circumstances.

Detailed Synopsis of The Happiness of the Katakuris

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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