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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Juzo Itami (writer)
Release Date:
16 March 1987 (USA)
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Plot:
At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack...
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Crematorium
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18 wins
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5 nominations
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Brilliant
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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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124 min
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Color (Fujicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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This was Juzo Itami's first film as a director and writer.
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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.
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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.