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.
Title | Departures |
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Year | 2008 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | Japan |
Studio | TBS, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MBS, Sedic, Shogakukan, TBS Radio, Shochiku, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun |
Cast | Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano |
Crew | Yojiro Takita (Director), Joe Hisaishi (Original Music Composer), Kundo Koyama (Screenplay), Ichirô Nobukuni (Producer), Fumio Ogawa (Production Design), Yasuhiro Mase (Executive Producer) |
Keyword | dying and death, funeral, octopus, coffin, cello, musical, based on memoir or autobiography, odd job, yamagata |
Release | Sep 13, 2008 |
Runtime | 130 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.80 / 10 by 827 users |