 His first assignment is to assist with the encoffinment of a woman who died at home and remained undiscovered for two weeks . He is beset with nausea and later humiliated when strangers on a bus detect an unsavoury scent on him . To clean himself , he visits a public bath which he had frequented as a child . It is owned by Tsuyako Yamashita ( Kazuko Yoshiyuki ) , the mother of one of Daigo 's former classmates . 
