Katakuri-ka no kōfuku = The happiness of the Katakuris
(Blu-ray)

Special features: new High Definition digital film transfer; Presented in High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD; Original uncompressed Stereo PCM audio; Audio commentary by director Takashi Miike; Audio commentary by Miike biographer Tom Mes; Violent 'til I die - A brand new interview with director Takashi Miike; The Making of the Katakuris - An original documentary from the film's production featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage with the cast and crew; Interviews with the Katakuris cast members Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Tetsuro Tanba and Miike; Animating the Katakuris - A look at the creation of the film's stop motion effects with animation director Hideki Kimura and Miike; Dogs, pimps and agitators - A visual essay on Takashi Miike by Tom Mes; Trailer and TV Spots; Easter egg; Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil; Booklet featuring new writing on the film by author Johnny Mains; Stuart Galbraith IV on katakuris' star musicians Kenji Sawada and Kiyoshiro Imawano; Grady Hendrix on Katakuris and The quiet family, the film it remade; and a re-printed interview with Miike conducted by Sean Axmaker, illustrated with original stills.

Planned by Toshiaki Nakazawa ; music by Koji Makaino and Koji Endo ; cinematography by Hideo Yamamoto ; edited by Taiji Shimamura ; set design by Yasuo Kamata ; animation direction by Hideki Kimura.

Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Tetsuro Tanba, and Naoto Takenaka.

Black comedy about a modern dysfunctional family and their shared dream of opening an inn in the country. From Takashi Miike, the prolific director of such shocking hits including Audition and Ichi the Killer comes "The Sound of Music meets Dawn of the Dead"! The Katakuris are a family trying to run a peaceful country inn but with a lack of guests there is much excitement for their first visitor, until they wind up dead! As each guest in turn dies in strange circumstances the family agree to hide the bodies but will the coverups come back to haunt them... In The Happiness of the Katakuris scenes of grotesque stop motion animation, surreal musical numbers and zombies combine to make one of the finest horror-comedies ever made. - from Amazon

MWT rating: NR.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD; NTSC; regions 1,2; aspect ratio 1.78:1; stereo.

Blu-ray disc; regions A,B; aspect ratio 1.78:1; stereo.

Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.

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