the altar was designed in the style of the ceremony, also an oshima film. decorated with about 5,300 white flowers, the favorite hat and scarf were placed inside his coffin. >>> and we'll we back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

a crowd gathered at a temple in tokyo to say good-bye to oshima. ♪ he died last tuesday of pneumonia.e was 80. about 700 people attended the funeral. the director of farewelled with the theme music from "merry christmas, mr. lawrence," one of his best-known films. sack motto composed the piece and starred in the film was among the mourners. the author of designed in the sign of "the ceremony," also an oshimi film. it was decorated with white flowers and his favorite hat and scarf were placed inside his coffin. >>> we'll be back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo.