Nov 5, 2009
Okuribito [Departures]
Streamed tears almost the whole way through. I would love to leave this world with the dignity that Daigo touched people with.
Maybe it is fate that brings us back to ourselves and to the unanswered questions of our past. The beauty of controlled stories. But I liked how Diago ended up coming to peace with his father’s abandonment before he himself became a father. I think it was learning that his father’s life wasn’t blissful, that his final thoughts were on his son, helped him forgive.
It’s tragic to think that there are things that we regret, pain we have inflicted, that freezes us in our tracks. And our regret, shame and guilt makes it impossible to even try to redeem yourselves. So we don’t even try.