Remembering Juzo Itami's "The Funeral"
A Brilliant Director's Debut Film, And His Masterpiece
Nearly three months separated my father’s death in June and his memorial service last week, and all during the strange, discombobulated time between I thought about Juzo Itami’s “The Funeral” (Ososhiki), which I first saw upon its U.S. release in 1987. The last time I watched it was probably thirty ye…
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