Nezunoban
In Japan, the passing of a loved one is marked by 'night watch': staying up all night with the deceased, incense burning throughout, to ensure their safe passage to the afterlife.
In Japan, the passing of a loved one is marked by 'night watch': staying up all night with the deceased, incense burning throughout, to ensure their safe passage to the afterlife.
Kazuhiro Muroyama
Hayao
梶芽衣子
Kumiko
In Japan, the passing of a loved one is marked by 'night watch': staying up all night with the deceased, incense burning throughout, to ensure their safe passage to the afterlife.
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
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In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.
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เรื่องราวของ โอซามุ นอกจากทำงานรับจ้างรายวัน เขายังลักเล็กขโมยน้อยเป็นอาชีพเสริมด้วย โดยมีลูกชาย โชตะ เป็นผู้ช่วย วันหนึ่ง ขณะทั้งคู่กลับจากการขโมยของ โอซามุ ได้เจอกับ ยูริ เด็กหญิงตัวน้อยอยู่ตัวคนเดียว เขาจึงตัดสินใจพาเธอกลับมาบ้านด้วย แม้ว่า โนบุโยะ ภรรยาของเขาจะไม่พอใจที่เขาพาเด็กที่ไหนมารู้มาอยู่อาศัยด้วย ถึงอย่างนั้นตัวเธอและรวมถึงสมาชิกคนอื่นๆ ในครอบครัวอย่าง อากิ น้องสาวของยูริ และคุณยาย ฮัตสุเอะ ก็ดูแลเด็กหญิงคนนี้เป็นอย่างดี ถึงแม้พวกเขาจะเป็นครอบครัวเล็กๆ จนๆ แต่พวกเขาก็เป็นครอบครัวที่มีความสุข ทว่าในช่วงเวลาที่ทุกอย่างกำลังไปได้สวย ความลับบางอย่างก็เปิดเผยออกมาทำให้ทั้งครอบครัวต้องสั่นคลอน
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