Shaso (Japanese: 社葬), also known as Company Executives, Company Funeral or Company-Sponsored Funeral, is a 1989 Japanese drama thriller film directed by Toshio Masuda. Toei Company released the film on June 10, 1989, in Japan.
Awards
14th Hochi Film Awards
Won: Best Director - Toshio Masuda
Won: Best Supporting Actress - Hideko Yoshida
32nd Blue Ribbon Awards
Won: Best Director - Toshio Masuda
44th Mainichi Film Awards
Won: Excellence Film (shared with Death of a Tea Master, Dotsuitarunen and Rikyu)
Won: Best Director - Toshio Masuda
Won: Best Screenplay - Hiro Matsuda
Won: Kinuyo Tanaka Award - Yukiyo Toake
2nd Nikkan Sports Film Awards
Won: Best Actress - Yukiyo Toake (also won for Harasu no Ita Hibi)
13th Japan Academy Awards
Nominated: Picture of the Year
Nominated: Director of the Year - Toshio Masuda
Nominated: Screenplay of the Year - Hiro Matsuda
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Ken Ogata (also nominated for Shogun's Shadow)
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Yukiyo Toake
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Tōru Emori
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Hideko Yoshida
Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing - Isamu Ichida (also nominated for Four Days of Snow and Blood and Yakuza Ladies 3)
Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Music - Ryudo Uzaki
Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction - Akira Naitō
63rd Kinema Junpo Best Ten Awards
Best Ten List: 9th place