Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
JP
Genres:
Drama
Release:
September 2008
Production:
TBS, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MBS, Sedic, Shogakukan, TBS Radio, Shochiku, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun
Cast:
Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano, Tetta Sugimoto, Toru Minegishi, Tatsuo Yamada, Yukari Tachibana, Tarō Ishida, Sanae Miyata, Ryosuke Otani
Tags:
dying and death, funeral, octopus, coffin, cello, musical, based on memoir or autobiography, odd job, yamagata