China is a traditional country, especially for those who have passed away, each place has its own customs and culture, and the film introduced today is "Entering the Mortician" adapted from the 2008 Japanese writer "The Diary of a Menna Coffin".
Mortician is a kind of profession that arises in order to allow the deceased to retain the best appearance and hygiene before they die, but many traditional concepts still believe that engaging in this profession is "unhealthy" and "dirty", and "Mortician" is to take us to experience the different perspectives of different people through the perspective of a novice.
If it were not for the compulsion of life, cellist Daigo Kobayashi would not have gone to find a job at all, and art also needs to eat, and without a skill, he is estimated to be constantly eating behind closed doors, fortunately he saw a recruitment notice from nk office, does not need any experience, and high returns, think about the work of pie in the sky.
But when he learned of the nature of the work, he was first rejected, and the mortician had to wash the body and put on makeup for the deceased, and put the body in the coffin. After a long hesitation, Kobayashi accepted the job.
Watching the teacher's careful and meticulous work, Kobayashi was very uncomfortable at first, especially some of the remains would rot and stench because of the long time, and the saddest thing was that many of the families of the deceased were wearing colored glasses to see the morticians, because they did not understand their service content.
Kobayashi did not tell his wife about the work, but her wife still knew that in developed Japan, it was also impossible to accept her relatives to engage in this profession, and her strong disgust kept her wife away from this home, and she needed time to calm down.
And Kobayashi's process from familiar to unfamiliar made him gradually realize the importance of this job, and no one wanted his home to leave in disgrace. Many people think that the mortician is making money for the dead, which is immoral in itself, but seeing Kobayashi's considerate service, he does not feel that he is serving the dead.
True morticians treat the dead as living. They are also not engaged in manual work, but an art that allows the deceased to die truly and decently, which is the greatest respect for the deceased and his family, just like there is a family member in the film who speaks harshly because they are late, but after watching their service, he sincerely apologizes, and all the distrust leads to misunderstanding.
What touched me the most was Kobayashi's understanding of his father, who had passed away, and what could not be forgiven? People sometimes need a reason to convince themselves, otherwise they may live in regret for the rest of their lives. Kobayashi and his wife return home to see their father treated rudely, which is an insult to the master of thrift, but also an insult to his father, and also represents a possible phenomenon in society.
Many people do not have enough respect for this profession, and when Kobayashi saw that his father was still clinging to the stone given to him before he died, I believe many people will cry. The father was still missing his child at the moment of his death, but unfortunately he did not see it.
This film was seen many years ago, but after watching it once, I dare not watch it a second time, because it is too real, it represents a lot of our wrong cognition, the erosion of traditional ideas. You know, 70% of the people currently engaged in this profession in China are under the age of 30, because many people cannot accept to engage in this profession, and the older they are, the more difficult it is to accept.
The film is not exaggerated, but it sincerely reflects the concept of Japanese society, not only in Japan, but anywhere in the world, there is a need to pay more attention to hospice care and burial industry, so that the deceased can rest in peace.