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The Happiness of the Katakuris
2001
Comedy, Musical
1h 53m
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. (imdb)
The Happiness of the Katakuris
2001
Comedy, Musical
1h 53m
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Rated 11 Aug 2012
6
81st
It's not as cohesive or as atmospheric as Hausu, another surrealistic horror-comedy, but THOTK is a delightfully absurd and entertaining bit of mischief from the ever-innovative Miike, who seems to excel at capturing domestic life shoved to the uttermost edge of sanity. One of the best midnight movies.
Rated 11 Aug 2012
Rated 26 Jul 2010
84
88th
The best thing i can say about this film is that it's entirely unique, and that alone makes it a success in my book. The fact that it is also surprisingly hilarious at times, and actually manages to work as a musical is just icing on the cake.
Rated 26 Jul 2010
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
95th
IIII RRRUUUVVV UUUU
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 08 Dec 2006
84
81st
More extreme weirdness and sillyness from Miike. This time in the form of a musical about a family-run guest house where the guests have a nasty habit of dying. The tongue is planted way too firmly in cheek, but it's pretty funny, and definitely original. Out of the Miike films I've seen, this is the one I'm most likely to watch again, or recommend to a friend with a taste for weird movies.
Rated 08 Dec 2006
Rated 14 May 2013
70
52nd
Miike shows off another corner of his endless versatility with a proudly goofy dark comedy that pokes good-natured fun at Japanese family values and romantic cliches. The zombies I'm sure you heard about are an ancillary consideration and don't amount to much of the film's screen time or its appeal. The sincere parts fall pretty flat but are still a credit to the presentation.
Rated 14 May 2013
Rated 02 Jul 2012
9
90th
There really isn't another movie like this. If there is, please show it to me so I can watch it and love it.
Rated 02 Jul 2012
Rated 10 Sep 2011
65
42nd
What's it all about. Who the fuck knows? Nearly every Takashi Miike film is an exercise in mental absurdity but the boundaries of reality are bent whenever he wants here. The claymation is a bizarre touch especially the first 10 minutes. It's certainly a change of pace with Miike trying to humor us with a musical dark comedy instead of grossing us out with sadism and shock gore. The atmosphere has shades of the classic Hausu. In more ways than one this film seems like an homage to that.
Rated 10 Sep 2011
Rated 18 Jul 2010
5
81st
One of the best musicals (as vague as any genre label could be) for decades and it's from Takashi Miike. Disregarding some lame claymation ideas - this is just awesome.
Rated 18 Jul 2010
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
37th
Bizarre, often perversely funny. At some points the concept seems stretched thin and repetitive, though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
82nd
I've never seen a movie that tried to do so much as this one. Sometimes hilarious, at other times profound. Great movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
42
25th
Horribly unbalanced, there are a few hilarious moments that are seperated by a lot of boring monotony. The first musical number comes out of nowhere and is amazing, and the claymation is great, but other than that only see this if you are a Miike fan to begin with (I am not).
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
97th
Hilariously bizarre. A disney-like musical with a body count.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
95th
happiest movie I've ever seen I love it more than anything
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 06 Sep 2024
85
85th
Pretty hilarious. Esp cos we watched it with cemetery coworkers.
Rated 06 Sep 2024
Rated 30 Oct 2023
90
91st
New favorite musical? I was laughing uncontrollably throughout in a delirious sort of way where I didn't even know what exactly I was laughing at half the time; I think Takashi Miike may have literally broken my brain, and I thank him for that
Rated 30 Oct 2023
Rated 21 Jul 2023
66
66th
Very strange but fascinating
Rated 21 Jul 2023
Rated 01 Nov 2021
84
75th
A Felicidade dos Katakuris estreava há 20 anos no Festival de Tóquio. Acho que não consigo ver esse como obra-prima porque parece uma mistura de Canibal - O Musical com Svankmajer, o que tira um pouco do sentimento de originalidade sempre presente no Miike, mas ainda sem dúvida um grande filme. Box Versátil Obras-primas do Terror: Horror Japonês.
Rated 01 Nov 2021
Rated 29 Apr 2020
70
58th
strong House vibes - every tone is driven to the highest level, and the charm of it all is draped wonderfully over it
Rated 29 Apr 2020
Rated 23 Mar 2020
91
73rd
A-
Rated 23 Mar 2020
Rated 13 May 2018
80
55th
If you're aware of this you probably know what to expect.
Rated 13 May 2018
Rated 21 Aug 2016
60
38th
Entertaining but nowhere near as crazy as I expected it to be. The musical element, the part I thought I'd enjoy the least, turned out to be the most interesting. Who'd thing a musical dance number over a fresh corpse would actually work? I'm not saying it's tasteful, but worth a watch nonetheless.
Rated 21 Aug 2016
Rated 13 Jun 2016
38
23rd
It's a shameless mashup of claymation, horror, crappy musical numbers, family drama and oddball comedy, so it does merit a superficial comparison to Obayashi's omnistylistic "Hausu", but it's honestly nowhere near as original or engaging. Rather, it makes some sort of a sister-piece to Miike's gross-out extravaganza "Visitor Q", which was awful.
Rated 13 Jun 2016
Rated 21 Feb 2016
18
97th
Star Rating: ★★★★★
Rated 21 Feb 2016
Rated 09 Sep 2015
65
50th
Miike crosses Fawlty Towers with the Sound of Music. The result is pretty much exactly what you'd expect, except a bit slower.
Rated 09 Sep 2015
Rated 27 Jan 2013
77
59th
A surprisingly sweet and heartfelt film infused with black comedy, claymation sequences and hilarious musical sequences. Excessive and extreme but still has enough pathos for its characters for some relatively sweet moments. Catchy tunes. Seems to be shot on video though which took me out of the movie for a little while - and I wish it had a bigger budget as the claymation seemed to be a crutch for when a scene would have been too costly otherwise.
Rated 27 Jan 2013
Rated 12 Feb 2012
75
72nd
I honestly don't even know what to say. You'll just have to see it for yourself. Takashi Miike is a genius.
Rated 12 Feb 2012
Rated 29 Jan 2012
67
53rd
You'll probably catch this on ABC Family channel some night.
Rated 29 Jan 2012
Rated 31 Oct 2011
85
89th
Remake of the eminent Kim Ji-woon's debut film The Quiet Family, with added musical numbers, claymation, and a good dose of the Miike insanity. Plus Kiyoshiro fucking Imawano. Needless to say, it's fantastic, although some of the musical numbers could be more inspired.
Rated 31 Oct 2011
Rated 04 Jun 2011
76
37th
Certainly an experience. The sense of humor and songs are all great. It might be a mess, but it sure is unique.
Rated 04 Jun 2011
Rated 07 Apr 2011
30
78th
"Though uneven, this genre-defying creation's spectacle is still never less than awesome to behold." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 07 Apr 2011
Rated 02 Mar 2011
75
30th
Possibly the strangest film ever made. It gains points just for over the top WTF-ness. It loses points for awful animation and transitions.
Rated 02 Mar 2011
Rated 21 Jul 2010
90
60th
So what doesn't this film do? It features singing and dancing in a 'musical' format, it is dramatic, horrific, romantic, and funny. And there are zombies. In amongst singing and dancing. Different, that's for sure. But bloody good.
Rated 21 Jul 2010
Rated 22 May 2010
75
84th
cute
Rated 22 May 2010
Rated 05 May 2010
92
92nd
It is easy to focus only on the outrageously unique style (bizarroland horror-comedy! with stop-motion!). But the characters and narrative is really something out of an Ozu wholesale catalogue, all of them brilliantly conceived. It only helps that they happen to sing and dance and bury dead people.
Rated 05 May 2010
Rated 26 Oct 2009
80
56th
Esse filme merece reconhecimento por sua originalidade! Afinal, onde já se viu um musical sobre a morte? Enfim, tinha tudo para ser uma obra-prima, mas infelizmente Miike extrapolou o limite do bizarro com suas sequencias em "massinha", além de perder a oportunidade de intercalar mais números musicais. Mas mesmo assim vale muito a pena conferir esse filme, personagens engraçados (como o tal de Richard) e a cena do karaoke compensam qualquer erro...
Rated 26 Oct 2009
Rated 18 Feb 2009
4
71st
"The director, bizarrely, uses the medium of zombie musical to show the charmingly shambolic way in which he embraces good-old family values."
Rated 18 Feb 2009
Rated 11 Feb 2009
75
65th
Fantastic. Incredible musical numbers (including the single greatest discovery of a dead body ever) and apart from the slow beginning the rest of the film holds up surprisingly well. An impressively and refreshingly heartfelt and humane portrayal of a family from Miike, this film might seem empty and meaningless at first but by the end it reveals itself to be a very uplifting film. Loved it.
Rated 11 Feb 2009
Rated 10 Aug 2008
63
25th
Rather disappointing. It was sold to me as a 'Zombie Musical', which was very misleading! The poorest Miike film I've seen to date. Worth a look, though the songs are pretty poor.
Rated 10 Aug 2008
Rated 28 Jul 2008
95
81st
One of my favorites films ever. Zombies mix with the sound of music. just great.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
Rated 01 Jun 2008
50
20th
One of those movies that I just didnt 'get'.
Rated 01 Jun 2008
Rated 11 May 2008
80
56th
Part cheeseball, part nightmare, all heart. It's kind of random and disjointed and if it were shorter it would be much better. Features the greatest discovery of a body ever put on film.
Rated 11 May 2008
Rated 09 Oct 2007
74
59th
Obviously, this isn't going to be for everyone, but I think it has spunk.
Rated 09 Oct 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
67th
Gloriously fun meta-musical bookended with some truly bizarre stop-motion animation. Far more humanistic than most of director Miike's work.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
48th
Very very original but after a time it starts to get boring.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
93rd
A good film, and it's very funny. Though some of the singing parts seem a little overdone. It's a good film about family.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
87th
It's Miike all right, with great songs and dance numbers. The guy in the sailor suit rocks my world.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
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