"…A deadly comedy."
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.
Social & External
The people behind it
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Wabisuke Inoue
Nobuko Miyamoto
Chizuko Amamiya
Kin Sugai
Kikue Amamiya
Hideji Ōtaki
Shinkichi Amamiya
Isao Bitō
Shigeru
Midori Ebina
Kiyo
Nekohachi Edoya
Ebihara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Small Old Man
Hideo Fukuhara
TV Studio Guard
Hiroko Futaba
Shokichi's Wife
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