Kodokushi (2020)

can't rate it - good acting but tough subject

watched a few movies about "cleaners" but usually the plot line is criminal - as in someone uses them to cover up a murder, or force them into cleaning up a crime scene and get rid of evidence, then they have to find a way out of the mess - alive etc... more action and thriller then drama - here its a totally different vibe - more depressing. as it basically deals with loneliness.

its sad, but this is the new reality, cause a lot of people (world-wide) rather live alone. yeah there r a load of old-folks homes and assisted living residences, but majority of people want to keep their independence and live a "normal" life - in a house that's got history. so this was an interesting take on this issue - guess its also to open the eyes of the general populace - considering there was a lot of info about communicating and reaching out to family member's, and people in general - and the fact that most of the old-folks were totally alone - almost abandoned was an indicator that people r so involved in their own lives, that they forget that reaching out to their parents or an elderly neighbor, is important and a life saver. let alone that they would be found earlier when the time comes, then rot for months on end

on the other hand we have the cleaner Oikawa, who cause of his job is questioning his choices in life - or regretting them - or was it desperately trying to correct them? u can debate who is right/wrong - even understand his choices, as a lot of people - when young don't think about their actions and r too focused on something they deem important, and think that something like children or family is something that is always around. so it can be put to the side and dealt with later - like with his daughter, cause of his wife getting custody he just assumed when she by law turned into an adult, he would then reach-out and be her father - life and people don't work like that - and that's why this was left open.. cause will his daughter show-up? and forgive him abandoning her?
like with Muramatsu - will his son come with his family to celebrate the festival with his father - or will he continue to exist in a void - bottom line a sad movie

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