The vitals:
7:00 ~ Doors
7:30 ~ Discovery Zone: THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS
featuring local short film “Permanent Press” with filmmaker Shaun Swift

One of the most prolific and controversial directors of this century, Takashi Miike is most notorious for his splatterpunk gonzo gorefests like ICHI THE KILLER and AUDITION. Less well-known but equally as beloved (in my humble opinion!) are his ventures into more family-friendly territory with his live-action adaptations of Ace Attorney and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.

THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS is somehow both and neither. A magnificent horror/comedy/musical odyssey, it melds the director’s two opposite sensibilities into a single ridiculous, surreal, uniquely Miike experience. 

-Alyson Riley

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