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Performing Kaoru's Funeral

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When a screenwriter named Kaoru dies suddenly, she leaves behind a tangle of relations who are all pulled together for the final act in her life: performing her funeral. The chief mourner is her ex-husband, Jun. A failed actor, he drifts around Tokyo as a driver for callgirls. He has to clean himself up to lead the ceremony down in the small village in Okayama that Kaoru came from. There, he meets a host of eccentric characters, TV people and Kaoru's daughter.

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Mark Schilling Japan Times And for all its muddles and murkiness, the film makes us feel its strength, as well as its pain. Rated: 3/5 Nov 25, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a screenwriter named Kaoru dies suddenly, she leaves behind a tangle of relations who are all pulled together for the final act in her life: performing her funeral. The chief mourner is her ex-husband, Jun. A failed actor, he drifts around Tokyo as a driver for callgirls. He has to clean himself up to lead the ceremony down in the small village in Okayama that Kaoru came from. There, he meets a host of eccentric characters, TV people and Kaoru's daughter.
Director
Noriko Yuasa
Producer
Mika Shimoeda
Screenwriter
Takato Nishi
Production Co
PKFP Partners
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 40m