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Director:
Writer:
Juzo Itami (writer)
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Release Date:
16 March 1987 (USA) more
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Plot:
At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
18 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Brilliant more (17 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Tsutomu Yamazaki ... Wabisuke Inoue
Nobuko Miyamoto ... Chizuko Amamiya
Kin Sugai ... Kikue Amamiya
Hideji Otaki ... Shokichi Amamiya
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Isao Bitoh ... Shigeru
Midori Ebina ... Kiyo
Nekohachi Edoya ... Ebihara
Kamatari Fujiwara ... Small old man
Hideo Fukuhara ... TV Studio Guard
Hiroko Futaba ... Shokichi's Wife
Manpei Ikeuchi ... Jiro
Yôsui Inoue ... Telegram Deliverer
Masahiro Irie ... VTR Operator
Ryosuke Kagawa ... Old People's Club Chairman
Akio Kaneda ... Fuku
Yoshihiro Katô ... Ebihara's colleague
Kazuyo Kawamura ... Nurse
Ittoku Kishibe ... Akira
Kaoru Kobayashi ... Inose
Kiyoshi Kurosawa ... Assistant director
Atsuyoshi Matsukidaira ... Hanamura
Matsue Matsumoto ... Nurse
Shiho Matsunami ... VTR Operator
Hidekazu Nagae
Hideo Nagai ... Osamu
Keiichiro Nakada ... Tet-Chan
Mariko Nakamura ... Hospital Caller
Noboru Nakayama ... Sakuma
Hikaru Nishikawa ... Mrs. Hanamura
Ichiro Oba ... Dead Man
Eriko Ohashi ... Nurse
Koji Okoyama ... Okumura
Kiminobu Okumura ... Shinkichi Amamiya
Gô Rijû ... Man who climbs tree
Chishû Ryû ... The priest
Sakihiro Sakai ... Funeral Guest
Asao Sasano ... Kurosaki
Saoyoshi Satogi ... Ebihara's Assistant
Shizuo Sato ... Father
Hiroko Seki ... Teacher in Videotape
Reiko Shinjo ... Nurse
Ippei Souda ... Sakakibara
Haruna Takase ... Yoshiko Saito
Haruo Tanaka ... Old man
Koji Tanaka ... Taro
Yoshiharu Tojukai ... Old People's Club member
Go Toneatsu ... Young Man
Hiroyuki Tsuchiyama ... Priest
Masahiko Tsugawa ... Kimura
Takashi Tsumura ... Aoki
Tetstaro Tsuruno ... Cameraman
Hiroyuki Yamada ... VTR Operator
Michino Yokoyama ... Mrs. Kimura (as Michiyo Yokoyama)
Mitsuko Yoshikawa ... Mrs. Iwakiri
Chikako Yuri ... Ayako
Ichirô Zaitsu ... Satomi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Death, Japanese Style
The Funeral
Zazambo
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Runtime:
124 min
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Color:
Color (Fujicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was Juzo Itami's first film as a director and writer. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Although the nails are heavily indented into the coffin lid in the house, in the subsequent walk to the hearse there is no sign of them, nor at the crematory. more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Brilliant, 1 June 2004
10/10
Author: Benjamin Meyer from Los Angeles

This is a brilliant film. Surely Juzo Itami's best. Cinematically complex and sophisticated. Emotionally poignant. I'll always remember the swinging log scene, contextualizing an adulterous affair. Also, the tracking shot of the soles of the kneeling family's feet, as they grow impatient with a sermon. You find out a little about each character, looking at the bottoms of their feet. So much is communicated with so little. It could be that I am missing some of the comedy, because I am not familiar with Japanese culture. But, in lieu of comedy, I found a poignant reflection on family dynamics, when estranged family members are reunited by a death. Poetic like Tarkovsky. Funny like Itami. This movie remains among my ten most favorite films.

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