The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001), by Takashi Miike, portrays a happy family in uniquely unhappy circumstances. A loose adaptation of the Korean film The Quiet Family (1998), The Happiness of the Katakuris relates a hapless patriarch’s doomed attempt to move his family to the mountains and run a rural guest house for tourists. The guest house, called “White Lover’s Inn,” is nestled in an abject dump not far from Mt. Fuji, jutting against a fetid lake. Even at peak season, nobody comes, and the family is on the brink of utter ruin. However, just as all hope seems lost, people suddenly start to check in, but just as suddenly they begin to die.  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. The grave behind the house starts filling up more and more.  Meanwhile, the recently divorced daughter falls in love with a man calling himself Richard Sagawa (Kiyoshiro Imawano), a U.S. naval officer who claims to be the nephew of Queen Elizabeth II herself. Just when Richard stumbles onto a clue that might lead him to uncover the string of disappearing guests, a nearby volcano begins rumbling to life.