Last week, we watched a wonderful film called Departures. I thought it was absolutely stunning. There were parts that made my eyes water, especially when Daigo's dad and the lady who owned the bath died.
But I really liked how the relationships in that movie developed. At first, Daigo kept saying how much he hated his dad for leaving the family when he was six, but when he played the cello and had memories of his father, you could tell that he was missing his old man. And then, in the end, after his father's death, you find out that they both deeply cared about each other by the fact that Daigo's dad kept Daigo's rock letter and that Daigo shed tears over the man's death.
I also liked Daigo's relationship with Mika and its ups and downs, but it seems like everything works out for those two in the end and she comes to terms with his profession, so that was nice.
He also makes friends at his job and spends Christmas with them, and it's neat to see them slowly grow closer as the film goes on.
I just really liked how all of the relationships went in that film. All of the relationships were treated with equal importance, which was great, because usually you see romantic relationships being more highly regarded than platonic relationships, but I don't think that happened here.
That's true, this story really emphasized a lot of relationships. I thought this movie was very disjointed and broken up until you mentioned that. One could say this movie was not only about death and life, but also about all the relationships that Daigo had with others. You could even expand it more and say it's about all the relationships that all those people who died had had with their families and friends. I'm liking this movie more just thinking about it...
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