Story
The unfortunate Daigo has lost his position as a cellist and returns to Japan’s north with his wife. Unwittingly, he applies for a job with an undertaker’s, mistaking it for a travel agent’s. But an ample salary and a grotesque self-experiment lead him to discover the dignity that the old ritual he must perform gives the last farewell in the face of the next of kin. His wife, however, does not approve. A beautiful drama about love, family ties and the final hour.
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Okuribito
Fiction Feature
Japanese
Agenda 09//FF2009
Japan
2008
130 min
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Yôjirô Takita
Kundo Koyama
Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomo Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Toshiaki Nakazawa
Takeshi Hamada
Akimasa Kawashima
Joe Hisaishi
Fumio Ogawa
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