The Funeral Movie Review 1984

A sharp satire of the clash of modern Japanese culture with the old. The hypocrisies, rivalries and corruption in an average family are displayed at the funeral of its patriarch who also happened to own a house of ill repute. Itami's breakthrough film; Japanese with subtitles.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Family Ties, Ethics & Morals, Death & the Afterlife, Funerals

Screenplay

Juzo Itami

Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Ichiro Zaitsu, Nekohachi Edoya, Shoji Otake

Cinematography

Yonezo Maeda

Director

Juzo Itami

Music

Joji Yuasa

Producer

Itami Productions, New Century