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Erik, the Asian Movie Enthusiast presents:A review of “The Funeral”, a Japanese dramatic comedy from 1984 that was directed by Juzo Itami. Here's the plot...
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The lives of an affluent and modern Tokyo couple (Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto) are suddenly interrupted by the death of a parent and the desire to give a suitable, traditional funeral.
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Departures ( Japanese: おくりびと, Hepburn: Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki. The film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and stumbles across work as a nōkanshi —a ...
10/10. Just A Great Film. crossbow0106 3 July 2008. Told by Wabisuke Inoue (Tsutomo Yamazaki), this is a story about his father in law's sudden death from a heart attack and the ensuing arrangements for the wake and funeral, culminating with the actual rituals themselves. This film runs the gamut of emotions, and that is where its brilliance is ...
The Funeral is a film directed by Jūzō Itami with Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki .... Year: 1984. Original title: Ososhiki (The Funeral).
Synopsis. One family, one murder, too many lies. After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge. Remove Ads.
Perhaps the greatest joy about The Funeral is knowing that even in the death of one, people can still be brought together and find out more about each other. In Juzo Itami's debut feature, his first collaboration with wife Nobuko Miyamoto, we're seeing the perfect portrait of a dysfunctional family, but Itami's skills come from how the comedy comes to define the emotional beats all throughout.
