Writer
62 years old
Kundo Koyama
Hondo, Kuwamoto, Japan
Sunô purinsu: Kinjirareta koi no merodi
Jōji Matsuoka
2009
1h 56m
7.0
A young boy lives in poverty with his grandfather while tending his dream of becoming a painter.
Okuribito
Yojiro Takita
2008
2h 10m
7.9
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
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