departure okuribito

Every ending is just a beginning. The disbanded of the orchestra make Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) loses his dream job. The reality is harsh force him to give up his dream. Just like the dead of the octopus, there have many thing is out of our control.

He decided to back to his hometown after he understood that his dream is cannot reachable. The ending of his dream has a new beginning of his life. He accepts the offer of an encoffining company with a great income. Due to the society bias and perceive the encoffiner is a sinisterly job. He decides to hide the true from his wife Mika and friends. Every beginning is difficult. Daigo was facing a lot of challenges in his new job. The suspicious and afeard were struggling inside his heart.

The life of salmons fish try hard swimming to upstream to reproduce the eggs is same with our life. We try hard to complete our dreams until end of our life. Why don’t we accept the reality? Follow the river flow. Daigo try to accept his new job, he found the great meaning and passion in his job. The story leads us to the art and beauty of the encoffining. The movie uses the simple and reality way to touch the audience heart. The movie is via the end of the life to bring out the meaning and value of life.