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Surprisingly never seen this one... I know guys, I know!
Plus Bill's breakdown over this is interesting to say the least.Last edited by Terry C; 11-27-2014, 11:35 PM.
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Arrow's US distributor jumped the gun an posted the specs for their June releases and this is one of them:
Happiness Of The Katakuris, The Blu Ray/DVD
The Sound of Music meets Dawn of the Dead
List Price: $39.95
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.
Bonus Materials
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
The Making of the Katakuris í¢â‚¬â€œ An original documentary from the filmí¢â‚¬â„¢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 í¢â‚¬â€œ A look at the creation of the filmí¢â‚¬â„¢s stop motion effects with animation director Hideki Kimura and Miike
Trailer and TV Spots
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil
Booklet featuring new writing on the film by author Johnny Mains and a re-printed interview with Miike conducted by Sean Axmaker, illustrated with original stills
Format: BLU-RAY
SKU: MVD7367BR
UPC: 760137736790
Street Date: 06/16/15
PreBook Date: 05/12/15
Label: Arrow Video »
Genre: Comedy
Run Time: 113 mins
Number of Discs: 2
Audio: STEREO
Year of Production: 2001
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda
Box Lot: 30
Territory: US
Language: Japanese
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The Tom Mes visual essay Dogs, Pimps and Agitators made it to YouTube:
Well worth watching. Mes on Miike is always bound to be essential though. Some nice info on Miike's early 90's work and he goes into some of the changes in the Japanese film industry which plays a factor in some of Miike's more recent output.
Cool behind the scenes look at some of the animation:
"I can say "Not my work" if it flops"Last edited by Tom Clark; 06-01-2016, 06:44 PM.
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