The movie was recommended by others, and I have never dared to watch it. It feels very strange. After watching the movie, I have a new understanding of this profession.
The frustrated cellist returned to his childhood home with his wife, and went into the funeral business by mistake. Just like people who are in contact with this industry for the first time, they are afraid of rejection, do not understand and are reluctant to do it, but live in embarrassment and bow their heads to high salaries. He was moved when he saw the president perform pre-mortem cleaning and make-up for the people who died for various reasons, with a gentle and friendly smile on his face, gentle and neat technique, like a grand performance. . It turns out that the enchanter represents the last respect for the deceased, and it also represents the respect for life.
When the perception becomes compassionate and spiritual, the sound of the piano will also become different. The unique sadness and sob of the cello penetrated the rivers and mountains to reach farther places. Every sound is comforting, wishing, and praying.
His wife had misunderstood him, and even felt that this profession was not decent. In the future, his children would be ridiculed by classmates because of his father's profession. Until the neighbor’s aunt in the town passed away, the husband personally cleaned the makeup for him, completed the ritual of enshrinement, gradually understood her husband, and slowly supported him.
The most tearful scene in the film is the death of his father, whom he had not seen for many years. The man slowly carried out an incarnation ceremony for his father. The father's appearance in his mind gradually became clear. The pebbles held by the father was placed on his wife's abdomen to let the little life in the belly feel, the light and shadow outside the window were hazy, the sunlight was drenched, and the air was silently moved.
Japan’s aging phenomenon is very serious. The elderly account for the majority of the total population in the country. Such a film demonstrates a kind of humanistic care in Japan and expresses respect and gratitude for life. The farewell before death is like a ceremony to commemorate a lifetime. It turns out that you don't have to face death, you can only cry and cry, but you can still cry so softly and forbearingly, smiling and blessing.
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