This year's Oscar winner for BFF. It's the story of a cellist who loses his gig and takes a job preparing dead bodies for cremation. In Japan the cleaning, dressing and making up is done in front of the family and is typically ritualistic.
Well cast and acted, some broad humor centering on disgust and ostracism. Hurt some by the overweening sentimentality that plagues Eastern films that deal with emotional issues. But the direction and editing were first-rate and even at 2 hours, it raced by.
A mixed success.
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