okuribito
Spent father's day last week watching this movie. And it was somehow fitting, because it's a story about a father too. If not for a pesky neighbour who thought it amusing to watch the people around him cry during the dramatic highlights, I wouls have bawled over the last scenes when Daigo was confronted with the biggest challenge in his newfound career as a nokanshi: preparing his father in death. But more than the lead character, it was Mr Sasaki, Daigo's stoic boss, played by Tsutomu Yamazaki who was my favorite. It was just a delight watching the old man face the various faces of death with his deadpan expression.
