This movie successfully depicts the pride in one's job, and questions the meaning of death. It is the encoffiner who sees off a person's last journey after dressing them up. This movie gave me a glimpse of the profession of 'encoffiner', as a very respectable job, as it requires absolute accuracy, professionalism, and the respect for the dead even though it is looked down by the society. Music in this movie played a huge role, expressing the protagonist's feelings and harmonized with every scene.

The film had incredibly nice flow and very well-directed. Yamazaki Tsutomu was also excellent as the protagonist's cool mentor. I also really liked his narration, which really sets the mood and tone of the following scenes. Motoki Tomohiro's performance was especially amazing, hilarious at times, and played the serious and professional scenes very convincingly. It turned out to be a very touching and deep film. The movie started with subtle humor that had me chuckling for first hour, but I was slowly drawn into the story. A 'tainted' job in the eyes of the society, but he eventually develops pride and purpose in this profession. A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.

It turns out to be a job posting for 'encoffiner', a person who performs rites and rituals before placing the body into the coffin. With William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, Kay Lenz. After returning to hometown as a failure in the music world, he applies for a job with vague description. 'Okuribito', literally 'The person who sees off', is about a supposedly untalented cellist's new job.

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