“THROUGH the ‘deaths’ that he encounters, he finally starts to find what ‘life’ is all about.”-Mysoju.com
Departures, Okuribito (original title) which means sending away people is a story about Daigo Kobayashi, a cellist who lost his job and decides to go back to his hometown with his wife. Upon applying to a company who advertise in a newspaper, he thought the job is related in a travel agency only to find out that the job is for a Nokanshi or “encoffineer”, the one responsible for preparing deceased bodies for burial. As he encountered different situations, he finally appreciated the beauty of the job. Though people around him scorn this job, he did his part as one of the gatekeepers between life and death.
An Academy Award winner for Best Foreign films and other prestigious recognitions, the Departures will take you on a journey of love and hatred, hopes and failures, new beginnings and death. A man who revolved his life in music never thought of landing himself in funeral services. From the start of the film, I noticed the gentleness of the story from the way the characters interact with each other. The process of nokanshi I could say is a solemn, sophisticated and treated with respect, (now I realized I want to experience nokanshi before I leave the Earth). If you will watch till the end, you will really appreciate the difference of just putting the body in the coffin compared with the body that undergoes nokanshi. It’s also a great reminder that we must show how we love our loved ones while they are still alive.
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Evaluation summary (1 to 5; 5 hearts=highest):
Story: ♥♥♥♥♥Execution and interpretation: ♥♥♥♥♥
Character portrayal: ♥♥♥♥♥
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