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Departures

Genres
Drama
Rating
7.9
Status
Released
PG-13
Release Date2008-09-13
Runtime130 min
Languages日本語
CountriesJapan
Revenue$69,932,387
IMDbView on IMDb

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.

Keywords
dying and death
funeral
octopus
coffin
cello
musical
based on memoir or autobiography
odd job
yamagata
hopeful

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Cast & Crew

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Masahiro Motoki

as Daigo Kobayashi

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Hirosue Ryoko

as Mika Kobayashi

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Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Ikuei Sasaki

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Kimiko Yo

as Yuriko Kamimura

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Tetta Sugimoto

as Yamashita

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Toru Minegishi

as Yoshiki Kobayashi

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Tatsuo Yamada

as Togashi

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Yukiko Tachibana

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Yukari Tachibana

as Rie Yamashita

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Genjitsu Shu

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