The Funeral (1984)
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The directorial debut of Juzo Itami, this irreverent black comedy satirizes death and burial customs in a surprising manner for a Japanese film. Trendy film actress Chizuko (Nobuko Miyamoto) and her actor husband Wabisuke (Tsutomu Yamazaki) must rush from a movie set to mourn Chizuko's honored elderly father. The three-day wake is dramatized with rich comic detail and a funny supporting cast including Shuji Otaki, Kin Sugai, and Chishu Ryu as a greedy priest. Although Itami had yet to perfect the deft comic touch which made Tampopo (1986) such a treat, this darkly funny satire is still wonderfully entertaining and surprisingly touching. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, (more)
- Director(s):
- Juzo Itami
Synopsis of The Funeral
The directorial debut of Juzo Itami, this irreverent black comedy satirizes death and burial customs in a surprising manner for a Japanese film. Trendy film actress Chizuko (Nobuko Miyamoto) and her actor husband Wabisuke (Tsutomu Yamazaki) must rush from a movie set to mourn Chizuko's honored elderly father. The three-day wake is dramatized with rich comic detail and a funny supporting cast including Shuji Otaki, Kin Sugai, and Chishu Ryu as a greedy priest. Although Itami had yet to perfect the deft comic touch which made Tampopo (1986) such a treat, this darkly funny satire is still wonderfully entertaining and surprisingly touching. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Funeral
- Tsutomu Yamazaki - Wabisuke Inoue
- Kin Sugai - Kikue Amamiya
- Nekohachi Edoya - Ebihara
- Shuji Otake - Shokichi Amamiya
- Nobuko Miyamoto - Chizuko Amamiya
- Ichiro Zaitsu - Satomi
- Chishu Ryu - The priest
- Director(s):
- Juzo Itami
- Writer(s):
- Juzo Itami
- Producer(s):
- Yasushi Tamaoki, Yusuke Okada
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