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The Funeral|Criterion Collection

The Funeral

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Overview

A warm, sensitive, and very funny look at a Japanese family, as the unexpected death of their father, owner of a brothel, brings together the older and younger generations.

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Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • Run Time: 124
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 715515271813
  • Genre: COMEDIES
  • Rating: NR
  • Release Date: May 2022

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
In this hilarious black comedy, filmmaker Juzo Itami pokes fun at Japanese traditions -- in particular, the culture's strict Buddhist funeral rites. Wabisuke and Chizuko are a modern married couple who live in Tokyo. Their happy lives are turned upside down when her father -- a diabetic old bully -- unexpectedly passes away, and they must take on the hefty price tab and the numerous rules involved in planning his funeral. But the film's not over yet, because a gallery of annoying relatives and Wabisuke's young mistress are planning to show up for the occasion!

Notes:
Co-produced by A.T.G. and Itami-N.C.P. Shot in Fujicolor. Shown at the Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 10, 1985. Released theatrically in New York City October 23, 1987. Additional cast: Kiminobu Okumura (Shinkichi Amamiya) and Chikako Yuri (Ayako). First feature film for Japanese actor-turned-writer/director Juzo Itami. Before becoming a director, Juzo Itami appeared in such international films as "55 Days at Peking" and "Lord Jim." Actress Nobuko Miyamoto is married to the director, Juzo Itami.

Reviews:
"...A series of joyous contradictions....[Itami is] far and away the most exciting new fim maker to burst onto the international scene in a decade..." - 10/23/1987 New York Times, p.C14


"...Wise, compassionate and slyly amusing....THE FUNERAL is as audacious in style as in its views..." - 11/20/1987 Los Angeles Times, p.C18

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