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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano
Crew: Yojiro Takita (Director), Joe Hisaishi (Original Music Composer), Kundo Koyama (Screenplay), Ichirô Nobukuni (Producer), Fumio Ogawa (Production Design), Yasuhiro Mase (Executive Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: TBS, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MBS, Sedic, Shogakukan, TBS Radio, Shochiku, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun
Runtime: 130 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 13, 2008
IMDb: 3.152
Keywords:dying and death, funeral, octopus, coffin, cello, musical, based on memoir or autobiography, odd job, yamagata