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PLUS: An essay by critic Nathan Heller and a 1974 interview with Pakula

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The Funeral (#1125) USED TMNT he invited Menzel to meetIts death, Japanese style, in the rollicking and wistful first feature from maverick writer director Juzo Itami. In the wake of her fathers sudden passing, a successful actor (Itamis wife and frequent collaborator, Nobuko Miyamoto) and her lascivious husband (Tsutomu Yamazaki) leave Tokyo and return to her family home to oversee a traditional funeral. Over the course of three days of mourning that bring illicit escapades in the woods, a surprisingly