The funeral = Osōshiki / a New Century Producers and Itami Productions film ; produced by Yasushi Tamaoki and Yutaka Okada ; written and directed by Juzo Itami.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. Features: High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interviews with actors Nobuko Miyamoto and Manpei Ikeuchi; Creative Marriages: Juzo Itami & Nobuko Miyamoto, a short program produced by the Criterion Channel; Commercials for Ichiroku Tart by director Juzo Itami; Trailers; New English subtitle translation. Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai.
Summary:
In the wake of her father's sudden passing, a successful actor (Itami's wife and frequent collaborator, Nobuko Miyamoto) and her lascivious husband leave Tokyo and return to her family home to oversee a traditional funeral. Over three days of mourning that bring illicit escapades in the woods, a surprisingly materialistic priest, and cinema's most epic sandwich handoff, the tensions between public propriety and private hypocrisy are laid bare. Deftly weaving dark comedy with poignant family drama, The Funeral is a fearless satire of the clash between old and new in Japanese society in which nothing, not even the finality of death, is off-limits.
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