(Pic taken from online)
I caught this movie on the same day that the King of Pop was announced to have passed on. So the theme of the day was basically 'death' - quite morbid, eh?
I've been wanting to watch it since it won an Oscar early this year. I've always been a huge fan of Jap movies (ah... the memories of the free Jap movies every Friday night on campus last time) and the things being said about the movie has been really good. On top of that, trust the Japanese to come out with a movie based on a person who cleans and dresses dead bodies as a living!
In case you do not know wat it is all about, as stated above, it is about a man who cleans and dresses dead bodies for their funeral service and burial. It was beautiful how they show the man go about his job. He had to do it in front of the family members and it was done with so much respect and dignity for the deceased.
The show also depicts how he is ostracised due to the nature of his job in dealing with... you know.
But someone has to do it. And we all know that at the end of the day, the funeral service is not so much for the dead but for the living. This man ensures that the last visible memory of their loved one is a beautiful one.
I was moved to tears, laughed out loud, smiled wistfully - the whole of emotions.
I love Jap movies! :-) The only problem is that if u dun like to read while u watch a movie, the subtitles can get a bit tedious!
*No one who has watched the movie can forget the cute little children singing this tune before going to bed.
4 comments:
one of my favourite movies from 2009. watched it 3 times d! :) which was your fave scene?
Wow, that's a tough one! it has been a while - May, wasn't it?
one scene which stuck to me was the christmas scene with the fried chicken!!! :-)
yeah, quite tough to pick just one when it's such an awesome movie from start to finish.
mine's when he attended to the death of the bath house aunty.
hey, have you watched holmes yet?
yeah, i did. but i watched it when i was really exhausted - actually dozed off at some parts. *hangs head in shame*
but it was really good. so i shall get a 2nd watch. soon!
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