おくりびと
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.
- genus: Drama
- Studio: TBS, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MBS, Sedic, Shogakukan, TBS Radio, Shochiku, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun
- keyword: dying and death, funeral, octopus, coffin, cello, musical, based on memoir or autobiography, odd job, yamagata
- cast: 本木雅弘, 広末涼子, 山崎努, 吉行和子, 余貴美子, 笹野高史