Directed by Yojiro Takita
Scriptwriter: Koyama Kaordo
Starring: Masahiro Motoki/Ryoko Hiroshi/Nou Yamazaki/Kazuko Yoyoyuki/Takashi Sasano/More…
Genre: Drama
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 2021-10-29(China) / 2008-08-23(Montreal Film Festival) / 2008-09-13(Japan)
Running time: 130 minutes
The plot introduction of the undertaker
Kobayashi Daori (Masahiro Honki is acted the role of), who buys an expensive cello and wants to make a career, experiences four months of orchestral playing, only to get the bad news of the dissolution of the orchestra and the high debt of the purchase of the instrument. Forced to, Dawu and his wife Mei Xiang (Guangzhu Liangzi is acted the role of) moved to the old house, living in poverty.
One day, an advertisement caught Dawu’s attention: NK agency, travel assistance, high-paying short-time work. Dawu came to NK agency company interview, president Sasaki Sheng Ei (Yamazaki Nu is acted the role of) without a word on the decision to hire Dawu, but the content of the work does not talk. Under the repeated questioning of Daori, Sasaki president finally clarified: is encoffining (Japanese Nou Kan) work!
Although psychologically fearful, the high salary still made Dawu accept the job. But such work is not easy for ordinary people, on the one hand, the body of discomfort, on the other hand, and to hide his work from his wife, Daori Kobayashi’s extraordinary work began.