A janitor with a secret: he'll make the dead beautiful again. Japan's most haunting gig.
Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestThe hero, Mamiya Shinjuro, earned his embalmer's license in the United States, but for reasons that will probably be easier to understand once the series starts, he is working in a Tokyo hospital as a janitor. In the premiere episode, a friend of one of the nurse's is killed in an accident. The woman had just been made the principal soloist in a ballet company and was about to get married to the man of her dreams. The woman's fiancee, hearing of Mamiya's special skills, asks him to restore her corpse to the way she looked when she was alive.
Writing
Each corpse tells a whole life story in 30 minutes.
Acting
Wada's stillness—he speaks volumes without moving.
Production
Clinical sterile meets sacred ritual in every frame.
Creator
Mihara Mitsukazu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Embalming remains rare in Japan where cremation dominates; the series explores Western death practices imported into Eastern ritual.
Based on Mihara Mitsukazu's manga, this live-action adaptation predates the anime by nearly a decade.
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