![]() |
Okuribito (2008)Synopsis:
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 answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," 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 uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.
Resource Links:
|
|
|
![]() |
On New Year's Eve, Wilson, a twenty-nine-year old guy has just had the worst year of his life. He emigrated to Los An...
|
![]() |
In Las Vegas, school teachers Robinson and his wife Elizabeth are trying for a baby. While horse riding through the d...
|
![]() |
Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag "People come, people go...
|
![]() |
DRAWN TOGETHER (eight episodes) - This is the true story of eight characters, picked to live in a house to find out w...
|