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The Master of Funerals

2019 · 98 min Drama
8.0 / 10 · TMDB

Alumni of Ibaraki High School reconvene for a somber, unexpected reunion a decade after graduation. The catalyst is tragic—a classmate has died in an accident. Compelled by circumstance, they hold an impromptu funeral within the very halls they once roamed, turning their alma mater into a nocturnal chapel of memory. As the night deepens, long-buried secrets about their friend's life begin to surface. In the quiet of the empty school, guarded facades crack, prompting each to confront the ghosts of their shared past and the diverging paths of their present lives.

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Original Title 葬式の名人
Year 2019
Country Japan
Genre Drama
Director Naofumi Higuchi
Runtime 98 min.
Rating TMDB: 8.0/10 (2 votes)

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The film is a delicate, observant study of collective memory and the unspoken contracts of friendship. It finds profound tension in stillness, letting the weight of the past press upon the present within the evocative shell of the empty school.

What lingers after the final frame is not plot, but a resonant emotional clarity—a quiet acknowledgment of the roads not taken and the people we used to be. It’s a poignant elegy for shared youth. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Naofumi Higuchi

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The hollow, nocturnal quiet of a school building, charged with whispered confessions and the faint echo of adolescence.

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