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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1984 DVD Release: 06/29/1999 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: Japanese Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 4 mins Studio: Fox Lorber Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Comedy Drama, Satire, Black Comedy, Family Drama, Domestic Comedy

The directorial debut of Juzo Itami, this irreverent black comedy satirizes death and burial customs in a surprising manner for a Japanese film. Trendy film actress Chizuko (Nobuko Miyamoto) and her actor husband Wabisuke (Tsutomu Yamazaki) must rush from a movie set to mourn Chizuko's honored elderly father. The three-day wake is dramatized with rich comic detail and a funny supporting cast including Shuji Otaki, Kin Sugai, and Chishu Ryu as a greedy priest. Although Itami had yet to perfect the deft comic touch which made Tampopo (1986) such a treat, this darkly funny satire is still wonderfully entertaining and surprisingly touching. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Tsutomu Yamazaki - Wabisuke Inoue
Nobuko Miyamoto - Chizuko Amamiya
Kin Sugai - Kikue Amamiya
Ichiro Zaitsu - Satomi
Chishu Ryu - The priest