The Funeral (1984)
- Original title
- お葬式
- Directed by
- Jūzō Itami
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 51 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A family gathers to prepare for a traditional Japanese funeral after the death of a husband and father. The film follows the three days of arrangements and shows the interactions between various relatives with a mix of grief and wry humor.
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What happens
The Funeral (Japanese: お葬式, Hepburn: 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. The film was described by The New Yorker as a “prize-winner in Japan”. Itami took inspiration for the film from his experience with the funeral of his father-in-law (Nobuko Miyamoto's father). In 1992, it was screened on the United Kingdom's Channel 4 under the title Death, Japanese Style. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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