Takashi MIIKE 三池崇史

Happiness Of The Katakuris

カタクリ家の幸福

Nippon Cinema   ª 

In his musical remake of THE QUIET FAMILY, MIIKE tells the story of a normal family who is running a hotel. Their only problem is that the guests, after checking in, pass away and leave their corpses for them to handle. It starts a burial and becomes a graveyard. How long can they remain unrevealed?

カタクリ家の幸福
Katakuri-ke no kofuku

Japan 2001

113 minutes

Director
Takashi MIIKE

Script
Kikumi YAMAGISHI

Cinematography
Hideo YAMAMOTO

Music
Koji ENDO, Koji MAKAINO

About Takashi MIIKE
三池崇史

Takashi MIIKE was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1960. During his studies at Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film, one of his teachers was famous director Shohei IMAMURA. Since his feature debut LADY HUNTER in 1991, MIIKE has created more than 100 films and TV series. Nippon Connection has kept a close eye on his career for almost 20 years, having screened his films ICHI THE KILLER (2001 / NC ’02), THE CITY OF LOST SOULS (2000 / NC ’02), THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (2001 / NC ’03), LESSON OF THE EVIL (2012 / NC ’14 and NC ’20), and OVER YOUR DEAD BODY (2014 / NC ’15).