The Happiness of the Katakuris
2002 · 113 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 10,311 VOTES · DIR. Takashi Miike
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,057 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:35 Planning: Toshiaki Nakazawa
00:06:56 Incredible!
00:10:08 Spiritualists have training trips too?
00:13:09 Not you, Yurie.
00:17:14 Enjoy your stay.
00:22:34 Calm down.
00:27:29 My time will come soon too
00:34:30 Yes, my father was Japanese.
00:39:56 Noodles.
00:44:27 Looking at him like this
00:47:07 Are you doing it?
00:50:07 But some people like these quiet places.
00:54:39 Let's start here.
01:02:09 We should have marked the location.
01:06:11 Our true gentle hearts...
01:10:43 I must go to England to explain to Aunt Elizabeth.
01:14:12 Richard!
01:19:16 He stole our ashtray too.
01:26:28 What are you burying him for?
01:33:02 Too incredible!
01:36:38 It's coming! Coming!
01:39:02 Take me instead.
01:43:50 Pochi!
01:47:39 Let's sing!
Cast & Characters
Kenji Sawada
Masao Katakuri
Keiko Matsuzaka
Terue Katakuri
Shinji Takeda
Masayuki Katakuri
Naomi Nishida
Shizue Katakuri
Kiyoshirô Imawano
Richâdo Sagawa
Tetsurô Tanba
Grandpa Jinpei Katakuri
Naoto Takenaka
TV Reporter
Naoto Takenaka
Singer
Tamaki Miyazaki
Yurie Katakuri
Takashi Matsuzaki
Utanômi
Yoshiki Arizono
Father of the poor family
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,057
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:00:35
Final line01:47:39
Production Record
DirectorTakashi Miike
LanguageJapanese
Budget$1,500,000
IMDb votes10,311