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Happiness of the Katakuris   2001         R, 113 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy Director: Takashi Miike   Cast: Kenji Sawada, Naomi Nishida, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Tetsuro Tamba, Naoto Takenaka, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Moeko Ezawa, Tamaki Miyazaki, Takashi Matsuzaki, Kenichi Endo, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Yoshiki Arizono, Chihiro Asakawa, Yumeki Kanazawa   This dark musical comedy concerns the dysfunctional Katakuri family as they renovate and then open a lodge in a remote part of Japan. It is expected that tourism will boom when the projected highway is built. But the problems start with the first guest, a sickly man, who commits suicide. Not wanting bad publicity, they bury the body in the backyard. The next guest, likewise, dies—of a heart attack, and so it goes with guest after guest, and the ground fills with bodies. Still no highway, but the nearby volcano adds to their problems. Cast Kenji Sawada Masao Katakuri Naomi Nishida Shizue Katakuri Keiko Matsuzaka Terue Katakuri Shinji Takeda Masayuki Katakuri Tetsuro Tamba Ojisan Jinpei Katakuri Naoto Takenaka TV Reporter/Singer Kiyoshiro Imawano Richado Sagawa Tamaki Miyazaki Yurie Katakuri Takashi Matsuzaki Utanomi Kenichi Endo Kudou Yoshiyuki Morishita Policeman Miyaki Yoshiki Arizono Father of poor Family Chihiro Asakawa Utanomi`s Girlfriend Yumeki Kanazawa Byoki