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Overview
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Release Date:
16 March 1987 (USA) morePlot:
At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Japan
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Crematorium
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Japanese
Awards:
18 wins & 5 nominations moreUser Comments:
A very good movie, very badly served moreCast
(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 | |
| Yosai Inoue | ... | Telegram Deliverer | |
| Masahiro Irie | ... | VTR Operator | |
| Ryosuke Kagawa | ... | Old People's Club Chairman | |
| Akio Kaneda | ... | Fuku | |
| Yoshihiro Kato | ... | 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 | |
| Chishu Ryu | ... | 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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124 minCountry:
JapanLanguage:
JapaneseColor:
Color (Fujicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoFun Stuff
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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. moreFAQ
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