Rent The Funeral (1984)
3.6 of 5 from 60 ratings
2h 4min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
It's death, Japanese style, in the rollicking and wistful first feature from maverick writer-director Juzo Itami. In the wake of her lascivious father's sudden passing, a successful actor (Itami's wife and frequent collaborator, Nobuko Miyamoto) and her husband (Tsutomu Yamazaki) leave Tokyo and return to their family house to oversee a traditional funeral. Over the course of three days of mourning that bring illicit escapades in the woods, a surprisingly materialistic priest (Yasujiro Ozu regular Chishu Ryu), 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. - Actors:
- Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki, Isao Bitô, Midori Ebina, Nekohachi Edoya, Kamatari Fujiwara, Hideo Fukuhara, Hiroko Futaba, Mampei Ikeuchi, Yôsui Inoue, Masahiro Irie, Ryôsuke Kagawa, Akio Kaneda, Yoshihiro Katô, Kazuyo Kawamura, Ittoku Kishibe, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Directors:
- Jûzô Itami
- Producers:
- Seigo Hosogoe
- Writers:
- Jûzô Itami
- Aka:
- Osôshiki
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/05/2022
- Run Time:
- 124 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New interviews with actors Nobuko Miyamoto and Manpei Ikeuchi
- Creative Marriages: Juzo Itami and Nobuko Miyamoto, a short program produced by the Criterion Channel
- Commercials for Ichiroku Tart by director Juzo Itami
- Trailers
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