Story about Departures / Okuribito / 入殓师 / 为逝者送行的人 / 礼仪师/礼仪师之奏鸣曲 / 棺师
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted...
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He anwer a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanhi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and other despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begin to perfect the art of "Nokanhi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncover the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.
