Best known for his dark splatterfests (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER), director Takeshi Miike takes a detour from his usual style with HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS. After losing his job at a department store, patriarch Masao (Kenji Sawada) has opened a country inn at which the whole family can work. The trouble is, whenever someone checks in, they seem to die before checking out! The inn spells a different adventure for each member of the family, and Miike somehow finds the ability to work in some surreal clay animation along with several elaborate karaoke-style musical numbers. KATAKURIS is a one-of-a-kind film which will certainly deliver the goods to adventurous cinephiles!

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection

Kenji Sawada: Japanese Actor, HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (2001)
Naomi Nishida: GODZILLA 2000
Keiko Matsuzaka: Japanese Actor, HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (2001)
Shinji Takeda: Japanese actor, TABOO (1999)
Naoto Takenaka: Japenese Actor

Takashi Miike: Director, DEAD OR ALIVE (2001)

Kikumi Yamagishi: Japanese Screenwriter, HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (2001)

"...It feels of a piece with its director's output....Miike has added a great deal of more bizarre material..."