Departures
おくりびと
“ The gift of last memories. ”
CINEMA2008-09-13
DIGITAL2009-10-30
RegionJP
Runtime130 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Yojiro Takita
KEYWORDS
dying and deathfuneraloctopuscoffincellobased on memoir or autobiographyodd jobyamagatahopeful
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