Movies and TvShows featuring "funeral-ceremony" theme.

After his Tokyo farewell ceremony, Yamamoto's ashes were sent to Kyoto on March 9. Many friends and citizens gathered at his home in Uji. On the 15th a worker-farmer funeral was held at the Sanjo YMCA. Prokino's Kyoto Branch shot these five days of activities. The long line of cars is filled with taxis, whose drivers deeply admired Yamamoto. The Watanabe in the title refers to the head of the Communist Party of Japan. Watanabe was returning to Japan from Taiwan when he was stopped by authorities. He committed suicide in their custody. Yamamoto and Watanabe were mourned together.

In Beautiful Minds, a funeral director and a prostitute form an unlikely bond while on a road trip through France. Their journey is filled with unexpected events, including a bachelorette party, a funeral ceremony, and philosophical discussions. Along the way, they confront their own personal issues and discover the true meaning of friendship.

Safe Sex is an anthology comedy that explores the sexual desires, fantasies, and mishaps of Athenians in a satirical manner. The movie revolves around various characters and stories including an advertising company, a male model, a phone sex operator, and a couple struggling with infidelity. Through humor and wit, Safe Sex sheds light on the complexities of human relationships, unfulfilled desires, and the importance of sexual safety.

Meeting after many years, a makeup artist and her grandmother revisit tensions from an old family feud that still hangs heavy between them.

Blackbird, a troubled secret agent, retires and opens a nightclub in the Caribbean to escape his past. However, danger arrives when his old flame, Vivian, brings along a dangerous criminal. Victor's staff discovers that the criminal is part of a secret society and plans to sell a deadly toxin. As the story unfolds, Victor must confront his past, protect Vivian, and ensure the safety of everyone involved.

Stella is a passionate and independent woman who embarks on a whirlwind romance with a soccer player. However, their relationship is put to the test when tragedy strikes. Set in the vibrant city of Athens, Stella explores themes of love, freedom, and unconventional relationships in a summer filled with passion and unexpected twists.

The Language You Cry In is a documentary that delves into the history and cultural significance of a funeral song passed down through generations of African Americans. It examines the linguistic and musical connections between the Gullah people of Georgia, USA, and the Mende people of West Africa, tracing the origins of the song back to the time of the transatlantic slave trade. Through interviews, archival footage, and musical performances, the film explores themes of family relationships, ethnomusicology, African American history, and the memory of enslaved people.

A young Ojibwe photographer stubbornly takes on the responsibility of keeping a sacred fire alive for four consecutive days and nights in mourning of his father. His father's spirit tries to reach him from the other side.

Toni follows the story of an abusive husband in a small French village who falls victim to a wrongful accusation and pays the price for his crimes. As tensions rise within the community, secrets are revealed, and alliances are tested.

A man is struggling to keep his beloved bull from being used as sacrifice for his dead wife's funeral rites.

An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman is thus separated from her sweetheart, whose elderly father needs his help on the journey ahead

In the Tigullio region near Gênes this shortdocumentary shows the funeral of a local fisherman.

The funeral of assassinated Yugoslavian king.

During a cataleptic fit, Montel is buried alive, a burial plotted by his greedy wife Sofia with several men, including her lover, Montel's doctor. Exiting his grave, Montel goes on a sexual rampage.

Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily life in Benares, India's most holy city. The film unfolds from one sunrise to the next without commentary, subtitles or dialogue. It is an attempt to give the viewer a wholly authentic, though greatly magnified and concentrated, sense of participation in the experiences examined by the film.

Shows the preparation of a deceased man before his funeral.

An animated horror short about a Nigerian-American teenager returning to Nigeria after the death of her grandfather.

Returning home for the funeral of her grandmother, seventeen-year-old Ariadna must cross the unspoiled Georgian countryside to connect her grandmother’s soul with her resting body in an ancient burial custom. Traversing this exhausting and raw terrain, Ariadna is forced to confront the impact that the complex, sometimes cruel matriarch had on her not-so-distant childhood.