Reunion (2013) (VCD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) VCD

On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake and the tsunami waves that followed killed tens of thousands of people in northeast Japan. Journalist Ishii Kota chronicled his ten days in the town of Kamaishi – one of the hardest-hit areas in the disasters – in his book Itai Shinsai, Tsunami of Hate ni. Writer-director Kimizuka Ryoichi (the Bayside Shakedown series, Nobody to Watch Over Me) recreates those ten days in Reunion. The film stars Nishida Toshiyuki (Ghost of a Chance, Outrage Beyond) as a retired funeral home employee who brought order to Kamaishi's temporary funeral home and helped families of the victims properly put their loved ones to rest. Proceeds from the film were donated to the recovery effort in the disaster zone.

After the March 11th tsunami virtually wiped away half of Kamaishi, a temporary morgue was set up in a local gym to handle the dead. After the disaster, retired undertaker Chiba Atsushi (Nishida Toshiyuki) volunteered to take charge of the funeral home. Using his years of experience, Atsushi taught rescue workers to handle the bodies with care, arranged for the bodies to be presented in a respectable state to family members and spoke softly to them as he prepared them for their final journey into the crematorium. Soon, rescue workers, city employees and medical professionals working on the site were so touched by Atsushi's dedication to the cause that they eventually came together to lend a helping hand.

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Product Title:	Reunion (2013) (VCD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) 遺體 (2013) (VCD) (香港版) 遗体 (2013) (VCD) (香港版) Reunion (2013) (VCD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) Reunion (2013) (VCD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Sakai Wakana (Actor) | Sato Koichi (Actor) | Nishida Toshiyuki (Actor) | Yanagiba Toshiro (Actor) | Shida Mirai (Actor) 酒井若菜 (Actor) | 佐藤浩市 (Actor) | 西田敏行 (Actor) | 柳葉敏郎 (Actor) | 志田未來 (Actor) 酒井若菜 (Actor) | 佐藤浩市 (Actor) | 西田敏行 (Actor) | 柳叶敏郎 (Actor) | 志田未来 (Actor) 酒井若菜 (Actor) | 佐藤浩市 (Actor) | 西田敏行 (Actor) | 柳葉敏郎 (Actor) | 志田未来 (Actor) Sakai Wakana (Actor) | Sato Koichi (Actor) | Nishida Toshiyuki (Actor) | Yanagiba Toshiro (Actor) | Shida Mirai (Actor)
Release Date:	2013-10-04
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Place of Origin:	Japan
Disc Format(s):	VCD
Rating:	IIA
Duration:	105 (mins)
Publisher:	Vicol Entertainment Ltd. (HK)
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1034106061

Following the Northeastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, amid all the tumult and confusion, countless bodies began to be found and were carried to makeshift morgues. Many physicians of all kinds, doctors and dentists, took to the enormous task of conducting autopsies. One man who appeared in the confusion was retired Tsuneo Aiba (Toshiyuki Nishida) who now served as a regional social worker. Prior to retirement, he had been in the funeral business, and was accustomed to handling the deceased and comforting the bereaved. Feeling therefore the need to take initiative with so many people confronting death in such volume for the first time, he convinced the mayor to allow him to volunteer at the morgue.

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