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The Funeral is a film of genre Drama directed by Jūzō Itami released in USA on 16 march 1987 with Tsutomu Yamazaki

The Funeral (1984)

The Funeral
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Released in USA 16 march 1987
Length 2h4
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating71% 3.595383.595383.595383.595383.59538

The Funeral (お葬式, Osōshiki) is a 1984 Japanese comedy film by director Juzo Itami.

The film shows the preparations for a traditional Japanese funeral. It mixes grief at the loss of a husband and father with wry observations of the various characters as they interact during the three days of preparation.

The Funeral was the writing and directing debut of Itami Juzo, and was an enormous success in Japan. It won five Japanese Academy Awards in 1985, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Tsutomu Yamazaki. It was nominated in a further five categories and also came first in the annual Kinema Junpo critics' poll.

Synopsis

Shokichi Amamiya (Hideji Otaki) is a difficult 69-year-old man, married to Kikue (Kin Sugai). He dies suddenly of a heart attack, and it falls to his daughter Chizuko (Nobuko Miyamoto) and son-in-law Wabisuke Inoue (Tsutomu Yamazaki) to organize the funeral at their house.

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