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The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.
Cast
Kenji Sawada
Masao Katakuri
Keiko Matsuzaka
Terue Katakuri
Shinji Takeda
Masayuki Katakuri
Naomi Nishida
Shizue Katakuri
Kiyoshiro Imawano
Richard Sagawa
Tetsuro Tamba
Granpa Jinpei Katakuri
Naoto Takenaka
TV Reporter / Singer
Tamaki Miyazaki
Yurie Katakuri
Takashi Matsuzaki
Utanomi
Yoshiki Arizono
Father of the Poor Family
Chihiro Asakawa
Utanomi's Girlfriend
Kenichi Endo
Kudou
Moeko Ezawa
Itako
Yumeki Kanazawa
Sick Boy
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Officer Miyake
Tokitoshi Shiota
First Guest
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- Release Date 02/23/2002
- Language Japanese
- Director Takashi Miike
- Editor Yasushi Shimamura
- Cinematographer Hideo Yamamoto
- Producer Hirotsugu Yoshida
- Companies Shochiku, dentsu, Eisei Gekijo, Ganmo, Gentosha, Little Garage, MBS, Sedic International, Spike K.K.
- Budget $1,500,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Oct 31, 2001 | Premiere (Tokyo International Film Festival) | — |
| Japan | Feb 23, 2002 | Theatrical | — |
| Spain | Nov 29, 2006 | Theatrical | — |
| Spain | Dec 28, 2006 | Physical | — |
| United States | Jun 16, 2015 | Physical (Blu-ray) | R |
| Germany | Jul 20, 2023 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | Nov 25, 2025 | Physical (Blu-ray) | — |
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