Encoffiners?

Fabulous, must see movie – Departures. Netflix had it. Love that Netflix (old Netflix).
The topic is one of my favorite ones – death. But Japanese style. I want to be buried by the Japanese.
So encoffiners are professionals who prepare the body for passing into death and on. Undertakers are a different profession in Japan – and just seem to be body movers. Don’t think they embalm in Japan, as everyone gets cremated, no showing. No need to embalm.
Most Japanese rituals seem overdone, excessive and pointless to me. Except this one. The grace and dignity with which they handle a corpse is a unique type of dance. It is beautiful. It is so respectful and kind to the dead body, the live person that once was. It is truly this way in real life?
Are there Japanese encoffiners in the U.S.?
The film did win an Academy Award in 2008. Good for the Academy – they don’t only award near death actors and the occasional black actor who finally gets a big role and thus feed their need to show the whole how unbiased they are.
And the musical score is Beethoven and Brahms. The cello is a supporting role.

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