The Happiness of the Katakuris (カタクリ家の幸福)

Planning: Toshiaki Nakazawa

Producers: Tetsuo Sasho, Hirotsugu Yoshida

Screenplay: Kikumi Yamagishi

Music: Koji Makaino, Koji Endo

Yummy! Let's eat.

My uvula!

Asshole!

Go, go, go!

Got you!

I hit it! Pochi! Fetch!

Around then I started to wonder: What makes a happy family?

We say 'family', but we're all individuals.

With our own dreams and problems.

It's said that nature and nurture influence how we grow up.

With my family, I know I'll grow up to be really cool.

- You made fun of my divorce. - Did not.

- You did, just now. - Did not.

- Did so. - Don't push!

Grandpa was a department store shoe salesman.

Working hard, planning his retirement.

Stop it, you two! Act your age!

Then, just like that, he was laid off.

When he was really down, someone told him,

"They're going to build a major road.

When it's done, tourists will flock here!"

Sold on the idea, he bought this place.

And practically forced us all to run it as a guesthouse.

Hey!

He and Grandma Terue met and married at work.

Sometimes, for the sake of her husband or children,

an ordinary housewife can do the most unexpected things.

Ouch! No wonder you're divorced.

It's not like I wanted to come here!

Shizue!

Idiot!

Before I was even born, Mum was back with her folks.

She falls in and out of love too easily.

Then the whole family moved here.

But Mum's still waiting for romance.

Uncle Masayuki worked at a stock company.

It's a long story, but he was fired.

He's got a short fuse, and goes mad sometimes.

Asshole! Jerk!

Great-grandpa, lives an easy life, telling lies and being selfish.

I hit him! Pochi, Pochi!

Incredible!

Peak season and not even a stray cat's come by.

We should never have done it!

Masayuki!

What are you saying?

The sky's blue.

The stars are plentiful, the air's so pure!

I can't do it. I'm leaving.

Hey, wait.

After all the effort...

Don't say that.

Yes, coming all the way...

...to this wonderful place.

We've worked hard, expecting guests.

Someone had better show up.

You'll pick up the first handsome guy who comes.

How dare you, you short-arse ex-con!

- Stop it! - Goody-goody!

Stop it!

I've had it!

I bake cakes, I clean, and still no guests.

They'll come.

I'm sure they'll come if we keep this up.

I'm doing nothing until they come.

Masayuki! Shizue! That's enough!

They'll come. I'm sure.

It's great here.

Magnificent guesthouse. Even got a swing.

You fixed it?

Go on, sit on it.

You have to come here to appreciate it.

The swing feels so good.

It's great. Guests are bound to come.

They'll come!

Hello there.

Welcome.

Hiking?

Some tea on the terrace?

Help!

I'm scared of the dark.

Why did you come here?

Excuse us! Excuse us!

We're on a spiritualist training trip.

Don't mind us.

Excuse us.

Spiritualists have training trips too?

I wonder.

I knew they weren't guests.

People really do come this far.

The Happiness of the Katakuris

This is the story of one summer's events,

for the family that I love.

Kenji Sawada

Keiko Matsuzaka

Shinji Takeda

Naomi Nishida

Kiyoshiro Imawano

Tetsuro Tanba

Directed by Takashi Miike

Thank you, God.

Let's eat.

What looks good?

It's not the season for stews, is it?

Stews are great for leftovers. If you don't like it, don't eat it.

It'll give you energy.

Full of goodness, from all the vegetables.

That's why sumo wrestlers eat it.

What happened to the deer's body?

Its body?

Well...

One day...

...some guy with a rifle, not Grandpa...

Bang bang bang!

...shot it and ate the body.

Did I spit some food?

A pickled plum?

Shit!

Ah, the spit.

OK, OK.

You saw it?

The body is in the wall.

Buried in the wall.

Masayuki.

It's not dead.

Well, if that's what you think, probably not.

Now, eat some tofu, blow on it.

The other day, he took hours to fix a hole in the wall.

Dad?

This place is everything to him.

Dad likes tofu, so leave him some.

Not you, Yurie.

So it's not dead. That's one way to look at it.

At one Karuizawa guesthouse,

cute little animals help out serving coffee and doing other chores.

This cute animal service became quite famous,

and now all the rooms are booked up,

from now until next year.

It all started when

the guesthouse's owner

Mr. Sukeyoshi Honnoura

well, he got the idea...

...of cutting labour costs.

Along with his family,

he puts the farm animals to work at his guesthouse.

Look, a bug.

The pigs thought: 'We can either work or become sausages'.

So now they carry bags,

and serve coffee.

And that's why...

It's not coming out.

They work like mad.

The animals...

Leave it, don't change the channel.

Oh, let's see that.

Dem bones...

Isn't that actress the same age as you, mum?

Look at the state of her.

Dem bones...

- A blackout? - Mum.

White Lovers' Guesthouse

What are you surprised about?

You scared us to death.

Idiot!

Idiot?

Hey.

Someone's outside.

A guest.

Want a room?

Thank you.

Would you care for any dinner?

Just a beer.

We'll bring it up to your room.

Breakfast is from 7:30 to 9:00 in the dining room.

Checkout is 10:00am.

Your room is upstairs.

Hey, sir.

Some of my clothes... Feel free to use them.

Enjoy your stay.

Enjoy your stay.

And when I get there,

it's a dead end.

Darkness creeps up...

in wispy shadows.

Even the slightest warmth,

leaves and deserts me,

and it hurts me.

Even the tears I cry...

dried up and emptied my heart.

At least smile when you go.

Sayonara.

Your beer, sir.

Excuse me.

Thanks.

Squid guts?

- Tomorrow... - Yes?