masyhuk,,,12.0

Lately i watched this award winning film of Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film - Departures (おくりびと, Okuribito) , acted by Masahiro Motoki (本木雅弘) & one of my favorite japan actress Ryoko Hirosue (広末涼子). I love the soundtrack so much, which are written by Joe Hisaishi(久石讓). Highly recommended movie of the year (you can watch this movie 100 times & miss out transformer 2). Now it's in international screening!!! what are you waiting for?





Story
Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) 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.