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- verb Present participle of
encoffin .
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The Japanese flick from director Yojiro Takita won the Oscar this year for Best Foreign Film, and it is about a man who enters the field of "encoffining," the ritual preparation of a corpse before cremation, after he loses his job.
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The Japanese flick from director Yojiro Takita won the Oscar this year for Best Foreign Film, and it is about a man who enters the field of "encoffining," the ritual preparation of a corpse before cremation, after he loses his job.
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Apparently, the film's universal message and the tender way in which "encoffining" is handled by director Yojiro Takitaand its star, Masahiro Motoki so affected one important audience -- the nominating committee for the Foreign-language Film Academy Award -- that the film not only got nominated this year but won the Oscar, much to the surprise to many of those familiar with the other choices.
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The young man, Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) is participating in an "encoffining" ceremony - the preparation of a corpse, in front of the deceased's family, before it is placed in the coffin.
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The young man, Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) is participating in an "encoffining" ceremony - the preparation of a corpse, in front of the deceased's family, before it is placed in the coffin.
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"encoffining" is a necessary one, and something that brings comfort and even joy to the bereaved families, those who perform it are often looked down upon.
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MM: I [not only] read about the Japanese encoffining procedure in Coffin Man, I certainly did read about other cultures and how they send off the dead.
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You know, the profession of encoffining was entirely new to me.
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MM: I actually didn't know anything about encoffining.
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By the way, because this movie is such a hit in Japan, job applications for encoffining are now up three times, or so they say!
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