A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2009 Oscars. Starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazak
Favorite movie quotes:
“Dying doesn’t mean the end. You go through it and on to the next thing. It’s a gate and as the gatekeeper I’ve sent so many on their way, telling them, ‘Off you go. We’ll meet again.'”
"Long ago, before writing, you'd send someone a stone that suited the way you were feeling. From its weight and touch, they'd know how you felt. From a smooth stone they might get that you were happy, or from a rough one that you were worried about them."
Working here all these years I've often thought...that maybe death is like a gateway. Dying doesn't mean the end. You go through it and onto the next thing. It's a gate. And as the gatekeeper...I've sent so many on their way. Telling them..."Off you go. We'll meet again."
