A cellist named Daigo returns home to Yamagata to look for a new job after his orchestra was disbanded. He is employed by a mortician company, but Daigo can’t even tell his wife what he is doing because he is ashamed of the job. Now he has to observe various forms of death: a man with the face of a woman, an old man’s body with an unbearable smell, and a middle-aged man who is survived by his wife. The job that people avoid and that Daigo himself didn’t think suited him turns out to be a job that makes changes for dead people and their survivors. Daigo starts to become serious about the job. In the end, he encounters the death of his father who abandoned him a long time ago. The director delivers the story of a hero who gradually grows when faced with various lives and deaths, offering messages about the truth of life. Takita’s directing brings laughs and tears to the audience. Masahiro Motoki’s delicate acting regarding the detailed procedure of dressing dead people and putting them in coffins is remarkable and even stylish. (KWON Young-min)