Sleepless night again...searching on watch32.com for some movie to get sleep and found this movie today... Departures. It was a Japanese drama film written by Kundo Koyama about Daigo Kobayashi, a cellist in Tokyo loses his job when his orchestra is disbanded and move back with his wife, Mika to his hometown to get a new job. This movie was release on 13th September 2008.
"Daigo's father ran away with the waitress when he was very young, and his mother raised him by herself. His mother died two years ago, and left him the house where he grew up. Daigo feels guilty about not having taken better care of his mother. Back home, Daigo finds an advertisement in the newspaper for "assisting departures". He goes to the interview, uncertain of the job's nature. He is hired on the spot after only one question ("Will you work hard?") and being handed an "advance" by his new boss Sasaki. He discovers that the job involves preparing the dead. Daigo reluctantly accepts.
Daigo completes a number of assignments and experiences the gratitude of those left behind, gaining a sense of fulfillment. But Mika finds the DVD and begs him to give up such a "disgusting profession." Daigo refuses to quit, so she leaves. Even Yamashita, his old classmate, tells him to get "a proper job."
After a few months, Mika returns, announcing that she is pregnant. She seems to assume that he will get a different job. While Daigo and Mika try to work things out, the telephone rings with the news that Yamashita's mother, has died. In front of Yamashita, his family and Mika, Daigo prepares her body. The ritual learns the respect of all present.
The story ended with the elder Kobayashi's death. Daigo and Mika go to see the body of his father, but Daigo finds that he cannot recognize him. While Daigo dressing his father's body, Daigo finds the stone-letter he had given to his father when he was little, in his father's hands. He is at last able to recognize his father from his childhood memory.
P/S: Thank you Mr. Kundo Koyama for your story and all the crews of this drama. It was a good one, a very good one indeed.
"Daigo's father ran away with the waitress when he was very young, and his mother raised him by herself. His mother died two years ago, and left him the house where he grew up. Daigo feels guilty about not having taken better care of his mother. Back home, Daigo finds an advertisement in the newspaper for "assisting departures". He goes to the interview, uncertain of the job's nature. He is hired on the spot after only one question ("Will you work hard?") and being handed an "advance" by his new boss Sasaki. He discovers that the job involves preparing the dead. Daigo reluctantly accepts. Daigo completes a number of assignments and experiences the gratitude of those left behind, gaining a sense of fulfillment. But Mika finds the DVD and begs him to give up such a "disgusting profession." Daigo refuses to quit, so she leaves. Even Yamashita, his old classmate, tells him to get "a proper job."
After a few months, Mika returns, announcing that she is pregnant. She seems to assume that he will get a different job. While Daigo and Mika try to work things out, the telephone rings with the news that Yamashita's mother, has died. In front of Yamashita, his family and Mika, Daigo prepares her body. The ritual learns the respect of all present.
The story ended with the elder Kobayashi's death. Daigo and Mika go to see the body of his father, but Daigo finds that he cannot recognize him. While Daigo dressing his father's body, Daigo finds the stone-letter he had given to his father when he was little, in his father's hands. He is at last able to recognize his father from his childhood memory.
P/S: Thank you Mr. Kundo Koyama for your story and all the crews of this drama. It was a good one, a very good one indeed.
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