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title: 'The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Takashi Miike'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-happiness-of-the-katakuris-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304262/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

2001 · R · 113 min · Comedy, Music · Japan

Original title: カタクリ家の幸福

## Synopsis

The Happiness of the Katakuris  is a 2001 Japanese musical comedy horror film directed by Takashi Miike, with screenplay by Kikumi Yamagishi. It is loosely based on the South Korean film The Quiet Family. The film is a surreal horror-comedy in the farce tradition, which includes claymation sequences, musical and dance numbers, a karaoke-style sing-along scene, and dream sequences.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Takashi Miike](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-miike)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kōji Endō](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-endo)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hideo Yamamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-yamamoto)
- **Editor:** [Yasushi Shimamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasushi-shimamura)

## Cast

- [Kenji Sawada](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-sawada)
- [Keiko Matsuzaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiko-matsuzaka)
- [Shinji Takeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinji-takeda)
- [Naoto Takenaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/naoto-takenaka)
- [Tetsurō Tamba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuro-tamba)
- [Naomi Nishida](https://cinepixo.com/people/naomi-nishida)
- [Kiyoshiro Imawano](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiyoshiro-imawano)

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