The film adopts the method of inserting flashbacks, starting from the body of a hermaphrodite that Xiaolin Dawu came into contact with. The panicked Xiaolin didn't know what to do when he touched the "cock" of the beautiful deceased. Chang reacted immediately and resolved the embarrassment for Kobayashi. The president asked the family of the deceased whether to wear male or female makeup for the deceased, but the family answered female makeup. I think the dignity of the damned is greatly satisfied. As a person of a special gender, the deceased must have suffered great pain before his death, and the mortuary's understanding of him after the death of the deceased may have been fully expressed from the choice of makeup, which is really full of humanity. reveal.
Kobayashi, who wanted to play the cello with all his heart, took over the job of the mortuary in order to make a living. The president recognized him at a glance, "People are more sunny than the phone." The president's words are really amazing. Judging Kobayashi's character. The various stench when he first came into contact with the corpse made Xiaolin unable to adapt. With the increase of experience, he slowly accepted and fell in love with this profession. As he said, "recalling lost people, giving eternal beauty, this process is calm, meticulous and gentle. Witnessing every parting, soothing, perfect, deeply moved me." However, this profession has Unacceptable by traditional Japanese ideas, his wife, neighbors, and former friends all stayed away from him. But this can't shake his love and respect for this profession, but what he can't let go of is always the father who left him far away when he was a child, and his resentment for his father is not baptized by rituals and decrease. During the period, there were many scenes of Dawu playing the cello in an empty scene. With the soundtrack of Joe Hisaishi, it really takes you into thinking about death and dignity, and thinking about the state of mind of the protagonist. Later, Kobayashi held a funeral ceremony for the grandmother in the bathhouse who had watched him grow up. Wife and friend (grandmother's son) who witnessed all this were greatly shocked. Kobayashi revealed the love, tenderness and respect for the deceased. I believe anyone who saw it couldn't help but be shocked.
In the end, Dawu received the news of his father's death. During the ceremony, the stone letter that fell from his father's tight hands (at the same time, his father promised to get one piece from him every year) touched the softest part of Xiaolin's heart. At this moment, he told his father His grievances vanished, and then he put the stone in the palm of his pregnant wife's hand, close to her belly, so that the unborn child could feel the presence of the grandfather, the transmission of this affection, and the love of the parents. This scene is deeply touching.
I was thinking, the Japanese are so human, and the dignity of the dead is greatly reflected in this country. In contrast to us, many people have no dignity when they are alive, and dignity after death has become an extravagant talk. I believe that in Japan, being a funeral director is a mission, a responsibility, and a joy. In our country, it is just a lucrative profession. When our country can consider the dignity of each individual so concretely and delicately, that is the real civilization.
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