The Funeral (お葬式) 40 years old

The Funeral

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.

Credits

The Funeral Cast

Name Character
Kaoru Kobayashi He was 18, 44 years old when he died as Inose
Gô Rijû He was 24, now 62 years old as Man who climbs tree
Tsutomu Yamazaki He was 50, now 88 years old as Wabisuke Inoue
Ittoku Kishibe He was 40, now 78 years old as Akira
Kamatari Fujiwara He was 82, 80 years old when he died as Small old man
Hideji Ōtaki He was 61, 87 years old when he died as Shokichi Amamiya
Haruo Tanaka He was 75, 79 years old when he died as Old man
Nobuko Miyamoto She was 41, now 79 years old as Chizuko Amamiya
Kiyoshi Kurosawa He was 31, now 69 years old as Assistant director
Chishu Ryu He was 82, 88 years old when he died as The priest
Akio Kaneda He was 32, now 70 years old as Fuku
Eriko Ohashi as Nurse
Midori Ebina She was 31, now 71 years old as Kiyo
Kôen Okumura He was 54, now 94 years old as Dead body
Kin Sugai She was 61, 92 years old when she died as Kikue Amamiya
Shiho Matsunami She was 49, now 90 years old as VTR Operator
Michiyo Yokoyama She was 48, now 88 years old as Mrs. Kimura
Koji Okoyama as Okumura
Ryosuke Kagawa He was 88, 90 years old when he died as Old People's Club Chairman
Go Toneatsu as Young Man
Mariko Nakamura She was 9, now 31 years old as Hospital Caller
Nekohachi Edoya He was 63, 80 years old when he died as Ebihara
Hiroko Seki She was 55, 78 years old when she died as Teacher in Videotape
Kazuyo Kawamura She was 22, now 62 years old as Nurse
Takashi Tsumura He was 41, now 81 years old as Aoki
Hikaru Nishikawa She was 38, now 79 years old as Mrs. Hanamura
Hiroko Futaba as Shokichi's Wife
Ippei Souda as Sakakibara
Yōsui Inoue He was 36, now 76 years old as Telegram Deliverer
Asao Sasano as Kurosaki
Matsue Matsumoto as Nurse
Hiroyuki Yamada as VTR Operator
Masahiro Irie as VTR Operator
Yoshiharu Tojukai as Old People's Club member
Keiichiro Nakada as Tet-Chan
Koji Tanaka He was 31, now 69 years old as Taro
Saoyoshi Satogi as Ebihara's Assistant
Hidekazu Nagae He was 26, now 66 years old
Ichirô Zaitsu He was 50, now 90 years old as Satomi
Kiminobu Okumura as Shinkichi Amamiya
Yoshihiro Kato as Ebihara's colleague
Masahiko Tsugawa He was 44, 78 years old when he died as Kimura
Noboru Nakayama He was 2, now 37 years old as Sakuma
Reiko Shinjo as Nurse
Hideo Fukuhara He was 61, now 101 years old as TV Studio Guard
Sakihiro Sakai as Funeral Guest
Ichiro Oba as Dead Man
Atsuyoshi Matsukidaira as Hanamura
Tetstaro Tsuruno as Cameraman
Manpei Ikeuchi as Jiro
Haruna Takase She was 30, now 71 years old as Yoshiko Saito
Hideo Nagai He was 59, 80 years old when he died as Osamu
Chikako Yuri She was 27, now 67 years old as Ayako
Isao Bito He was 40, now 81 years old as Shigeru
Mitsuko Yoshikawa She was 85, 90 years old when she died as Mrs. Iwakiri
Shizuo Sato as Father

The Funeral Crew

Name Department
Seigo Hosogoe as Producer. Production
Yasushi Tamaoki as Executive Producer. He was 37 (now 75) years old Production
Akira Suzuki as Editor. He was 56 (83) years old when He died Editing
Juzo Itami as Director. He was 53 (64) years old when He died Directing
Juzo Itami as Writer. He was 53 (64) years old when He died Writing
Fumio Iwasaki as Costume Design. Costume & Make-Up
Joji Yuasa as Original Music Composer. He was 55 (now 95) years old Sound
Yonezō Maeda as Cinematography. He was 96 (66) years old when He died Crew
Kosaburo Sasaoka as Casting. Production
Hiroshi Tokuda as Art Direction. Art
Midori Konuma as Makeup Artist. Costume & Make-Up
Yutaka Okada as Executive Producer. He was 52 (now 92) years old Production
The Funeral poster
The Funeral (40 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, November 17, 1984
  • Runtime: 124 minutes