One Man's "Mortician"

A long time ago, I glanced at the clip of "Entering the Mortician" on the old panda TV at home, because I had to write homework, I missed it, and my mother should have finished watching it.

In the year of the release of "The Mortician", my father died, died very suddenly, suddenly to the point where I was intoxicated by the mystery of death, and I was suddenly very interested in it, and for many years I thought, how to die is decent and elegant, not to hurt anyone, not to pollute anything. I also clearly remember that at my father's funeral, I picked up bones like wood, my heart was blank, I only felt that human bones were very similar to pig bones, and to this day, I don't drink rib soup much.

In the dark, I felt that I would watch this movie very seriously, and even did not want to look for resources directly on the Internet, and sure enough, on the night of November 5, 2021, I waited, although this autumn, I had another attack of depression, fortunately, I recently eased up, and I have been looking forward to this film, the small county town does not have much, there are only two times a day, I do not want to go out during the day, I chose the night one. I never expected that the people in the county did not like to watch, and I was the only one, so I enjoyed the long-awaited private movie, which was really a supreme VIP level enjoyment. It was so dark that it scared me a little.

I don't know if it is influenced by the "Day Face" and other derailment series of Japanese dramas, I am afraid of the relationship between husband and wife in Japanese films and television, always feel that they are nervous, estranged courtesy hides the waves, so afraid of the director interspersed in various complex situations, fortunately, the Japanese warmth is still the main theme of more than ten years ago, as well as "Like Father Like Son", "Sea Street Diary", "Walking Non-stop"... These, along with the Morticians, form the warm side of Japanese 21st-century ukiyo-e. The protagonist's wife is so kind and beautiful, loving her husband from beginning to end, the boss has always appreciated him, and the aunt of the bathhouse is also very concerned about him... And his father, whom he hadn't seen for more than 30 years but always loved him, many people said in film reviews that they were touched by that stone, I think, because they also had a father who touched them in some moments, which was good, but unfortunately I didn't.

In fact, leaving aside its impact on the outside world, it is a professional film that tells the story of the profession spawned by the new era, and adds the Japanese "craftsman spirit" and humanistic care, making the profession of the mortician become shining, which reminds me of the Korean drama "Move to Heaven", which is another profession about death - relic sorters, they all face death with piety and respect. This undoubtedly tears a hole in East Asian culture, concretizes the concept of "living to the dead", and enters the non-scholar class, not necessarily singing like Zhuangzi, but cherishing the living and bidding farewell to the dead. This is a lesson that each of us should learn, if, one day, we ourselves face death, we must also accept it calmly, we can say goodbye in advance, and leaving unsuspectingly will leave endless trauma to the living.

Because, individuals are more concerned about death, and I deeply feel that the East Asian cultural circles are secretive about death. However, in the past two years, with the emergence of various death-related professions in film and television dramas, some forensic dramas/professional dramas have also aroused people's attention and admiration for these professions, such as forensics/morticians/body makeup artists... However, I think that there seems to be no related film and television works on the proposition of body donation, and I look forward to the appearance of related film and television or text works, in fact, I can also try to write it myself, if I can.

Good night, "The Mortician".