Something else!

Rating: 10/10 (6 June 2011)

It's not enough to explain the storyline or plot of this movie - watching it is something else. From the very beginning you see that although the film has a very morbid title and theme, that this movie is about much more than preparing the dead.
Unlike most Japanese dramas this story shows the real, believable emotion involved in the lives of so many people. However, there's also a lot of very subtle but humorous comedy.
It will get you close to tears - whether you often cry in movies or not(like me) - and again not just from the deaths. There's family tension, abandonment, pressure of social normality and love. This film is a gateway into real Japanese emotion - something that is very rare in the Japanese world.
You will not forget this movie. It is the best I have seen.