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Aoki Shinmon
Japanese writer and poet (1937-2022) · Japan · On the map · Writers · Died at 85
Shinmon Aoki was a Japanese writer and poet. He was best known for his memoirs Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician, published in 1993.
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The book was based on his diaries during a period in which he worked as a mortician in the 1970s, a profession which is traditionally regarded as a taboo in Japan due to their perception of death. In 2008 his memoirs were adapted into a successful Academy Award-winning feature film, Departures, by filmmaker Yōjirō Takita.
Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2022 · aged 85
