The Happiness of the Katakuris (Katakuri-ke no kôfuku) (2001)

Favorite Musicals (10 movies items)

" From my favorite director, Takashi Miike. This is one fucked up musical, based off the Korean dark comedy called The Quiet Family. It’s about a family that runs a bed and breakfast, and how the try to hide the bodies of the guests that mysteriously keep dying."

Horror Comedy - Updated Feb 2013 (157 movies items)

" ~ Thanks to Anon"

My Favorite Underrated Films (71 movies items)

"Dir: Takashi Miike Japan"

Listal's Takashi Miike Movie Charts 2011 (71 movies items)

"2011: #10 22 new viewers # 7 Takashi Miike movie on listal 116 viewers on listal in total 2010: # 7 (30 new viewers)"

“It is a sad fact that many people who love Takashi Miike films love the director not for his unique insight, his playful narratives, his genre busting, or his quirky sense of humour but for the visceral stomp that Miike has shown himself to be more than capable of providing.

I say this is a sad fact as in many ways one of the finest talents to have emerged from Japan is often times viewed as car crash movie making. His films seen as macabre theatres of blood, gore and general grossness. This is a real shame, as there are very few Miike films that don’t have something to say beyond the blood, semen and eviscerated guts.

I have seen roughly a quarter of Miike’s 50+ catalogue of films. And while a few films fit the criteria for the gore hounds out there, he is often at” read more

Movies Watched in 2011 (629 movies items)

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Watched Movies 2011 (186 movies items)

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Movies of 2011 (620 movies items)

"Home - Rewatch It is a sad fact that many people who love Takashi Miike films love the director not for his unique insight, his playful narratives, his genre busting, or his quirky sense of humour but for the visceral stomp that Miike has shown himself to be more than capable of providing. I say this is a sad fact as in many ways one of the finest talents to have emerged from Japan is often times viewed as car crash movie making. His films seen as macabre theatres of blood, gore and general gr"