Asian Heritage Month Film Festival: Departures (Japan)

Loosely based on Coffinman, a memoir by Shinmon Aoki, the film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and stumbles across work as a nōkanshi—a traditional Japanese ritual mortician. He is subjected to prejudice from those around him, including from his wife, because of strong social taboos against people who deal with death. Eventually he earns their respect and learns the importance of interpersonal connections through the beauty and dignity of his work.

For more information about Asian Heritage Month, contact Erwin Wong, Dean of Academic Programs and Instruction, at ewong@bmcc.cuny.edu.

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