The Funeral (1984)
November 17, 1984Release Date
The Funeral (1984)
November 17, 1984Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently The Funeral is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Cast & Crew.
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Wabisuke Inoue
Nobuko Miyamoto
Chizuko Amamiya
Kin Sugai
Kikue Amamiya
Hideji Ōtaki
Shokichi Amamiya
Isao Bitō
Shigeru
Midori Ebina
Kiyo
Nekohachi Edoya
Ebihara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Small old man
Hideo Fukuhara
TV Studio Guard
Hideo Fukuhara
TV Studio Guard
Hiroko Futaba
Shokichi's Wife
Manpei Ikeuchi
Jiro
Jūzō Itami
Director
Yosui Inoue
Telegram Deliverer
Masahiro Irie
VTR Operator
Seigo Hosogoe
Producer
Seigo Hosogoe
Producer
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Old People's Club Chairman
Joji Yuasa
Composer
Akio Kaneda
Fuku
Zenpaku Kato
Ebihara's Colleague
Yonezō Maeda
Cinematographer
Kazuyo Kawamura
Nurse
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Kosaburo Sasaoka
CastingDirector
Ittoku Kishibe
Akira
Kaoru Kobayashi
Inose
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Assistant Director
Atsuyoshi Matsukidaira
Hanamura
Matsue Matsumoto
Nurse
Shiho Matsunami
VTR Operator
Hidekazu Nagae
Kiichi
Hideo Nagai
Osamu
Keiichiro Nakada
Tet
Mariko Nakamura
Hospital Caller
Noboru Nakayama
Sakuma
Hikaru Nishikawa
Mrs. Hanamura
Ichiro Oba
Dead Man
Eriko Ohashi
Nurse
Koji Okoyama
Okumura
Kiminobu Okumura
Shinkichi Amamiya
Kōen Okumura
Dead Body
Go Riju
Man Who Climbs Tree
Chishū Ryū
The priest
Sakihiro Sakai
Funeral Guest
Asao Sasano
Kurosaki
Shizuo Sato
Father
Saoyoshi Satogi
Ebihara's Assistant
Hiroko Seki
Teacher in Videotape
Reiko Shinjo
Nurse
Ippei Souda
Sakakibara
Haruna Takase
Yoshiko Saito
Haruo Tanaka
Old Man
Koji Tanaka
Taro
Yoshiharu Tojukai
Old People's Club member
Go Toneatsu
Young Man
Masahiko Tsugawa
Kimura
Takashi Tsumura
Aoki
Tetstaro Tsuruno
Cameraman
Hiroyuki Yamada
VTR Operator
Michino Yokoyama
Mrs. Kimura
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Mrs. Iwakiri
Chikako Yuri
Ayako
Ichirō Zaitsu
Satomi
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 17, 1984
Original Nameお葬式
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 4m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Funeral (お葬式, Osōshiki) is a 1984 Japanese comedy film written and directed by 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 Itami's feature film debut 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. In May 2022, the Criterion Collection released a restoration of the film on Blu-ray.Itami took inspiration for the film from his experience with the funeral of his father-in-law (Nobuko Miyamoto's father).