Tewksbury Public Library

Osōshiki, The funeral., Nyū Senchurī Purodyūsāzu ; Itami Purodakushon ; kyakuhon, kantoku, Itami Jūzō, DVD/Fullscreen

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videorecording

Osōshiki

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Nyū Senchurī Purodyūsāzu ; Itami Purodakushon ; kyakuhon, kantoku, Itami Jūzō

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The funeral.

"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"--ContainerSpecial edition featues: new interview with actors; Creative marriages: a short program; commercials; trailers; plus an essay by Pico Iyer

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Funeral

DVD/Fullscreen