Departures
2008 · Movie · 2h 10m · PG-13
Drama
"The gift of last memories."
Overview
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Ratings
IMDb
8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
68/100
Key crew
- Yojiro TakitaDirector
- Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer
- Kundo KoyamaScreenplay
Cast
- Masahiro MotokiDaigo Kobayashi
- Hirosue RyokoMika Kobayashi
- Tsutomu YamazakiIkuei Sasaki
- Kimiko YoYuriko Kamimura
- Tetta SugimotoYamashita
- Toru MinegishiYoshiki Kobayashi
- Tatsuo YamadaTogashi
- Yukiko TachibanaCast
- Yukari TachibanaRie Yamashita
- Genjitsu ShuCast
- Taro IshidaSonezaki
- Yukimi KoyanagiCast
Stills
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Themes
dying and deathfuneraloctopuscoffincellomusicalbased on memoir or autobiographyodd jobyamagatahopeful