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Departures |
1st December 2009 |
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 The rituals of death in the East and the West
This Friday the film 'Departures' is released. It won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film and tells the story of a man who loses his job as a professional cellist in an orchestra and finds employment as a 'Nokanshi' or 'encoffineer', a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. The film is revealing about Japanese attitudes towards death - but how different are these to the way we approach bereavement in the UK? Jane is joined by Vanessa Hannam, a novelist and trustee of Cruse Bereavement Care and Hiromi Yamashita, who has worked here for 10 years.
Departures is released on Friday 4th DecemberCruse Bereavement CareDisclaimer
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