Departures - 2008 - 7/10
AKA - Okuribito // おくりびと

After the orchestra folds, unemployed cellist returns to his hometown, where he had inherited his mother’s small home / coffee shop.
He answers a Classifieds ad for “Departures” thinking it some sort of travel work.
Wrong.
Departures means the final trip, from this life to the next. His duties involve making the body appear as lifelike as possible so families can say goodbye.
Moody, quiet film, with peerless Japanese set design.
Academy award winner. Worth your time, unless the inevitability of death unnerves you.