I personally enjoyed watching this movie as it has added more knowledge
for me about the Japanese funeral culture/ritual.
I find that the art of beautifying the dead a very fine and
delicate piece of art which pays a lot of attention to details.
It's really amazing to see how fearless he was when handling and cleaning the corpse.
I really do respect those people who are in this line of career.
Now looking at the process of grieving in this movie,
It's interesting to see the different emotional response that was displayed by different families.
Some were really sad and down about it
In any case, there is a grieving process that one will go through.
And in my opinion, these rituals that are done before burying the deceased allows some sort of reflection time for the family members to come to terms that their loved ones has gone away.
It also in a way assist the individual to "let go" if they participated in preparing the deceased to be buried.
From this movie, I also realized that people had a harder time accepting the fact that their loved one has passed away if the deceased is of a young age compared to those of an old age.
I guess that would be a normal reaction because there is so much left that the young one can do but life was cut short for him/her and this is really upsetting especially to the parents because in a way it's like their future has been "destroyed" as there won't be anything much to look forward to when they grow old.
Whereas for those that died of an old age, it is something that people can be happy about as he/she has lived a long life and has possibly accomplished his/her goals in life and seen all the things he/she wants to.
It's happy to see them go and no longer having to suffer all the pain and aches in their body.
Guess that is what makes it easier to let go because of this other side of the coin to look at.
Conclusion
It is a really nice movie to watch and it teaches a few lessons of life that can be a keeper!
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