Movie details:
Daigo Kobayashi is a young married cellist who played in an orchestra that has just been disbanded. Suddenly on the street without a job, Daigo decides to move back to his hometown with his wife. There he gets a job as an undertaker. He sees himself as a sort of gatekeeper between life and death. However, Daigo’s work is despised by all the people around him. But it is through his relationship with death on a daily basis that Daigo begins to understand what life is really about.
Chinese version:
| 導演: | 瀧田洋二郎 |
|---|---|
| 主演: | 本木雅弘,廣末涼子,山崎努 |
| 片種: | 劇情 |
| 片長: | 130分鐘 |
| 日期: | 2009-03-19 |
“請您輕閉雙眼，讓我送您走完最後一程。”
在東京當職業大提琴手的大悟(本木雅弘)，所屬樂團突然解散，他無奈帶著妻子美香(廣末涼子)回到故鄉山形的老家落腳。失業的大悟發現一則「旅程歸途助理」的招聘廣告，誤以為是旅行社助理，在見工時才得悉是送別先人的禮儀師，負責在葬禮上清潔遺體和整理儀容等的入棺儀式。
大悟雖然非常恐懼和抗拒，但為了生計只得接受新工作；跟隨著老闆(山崎努)經歷一場場的儀式，他漸漸了解妝扮死者的重要意義，甚至尋回失落已久的親情…
《禮儀師の奏鳴曲》是一個美麗而又不尋常的動人故事，借複雜又獨特的日本禮儀，表達世人共鳴的喜悅和感動。
Source: http://hk.movies.yahoo.com/movie.html?id=mcl_departures
