Departures (2009)

Mike August 11, 2009 0

A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. Part Drama, and part musical, Departures is not a film for everyone.

Departures

A cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved, leaving him without a job. He decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work, finding a job in a funeral home.

Trailer

Release Date

19-Jun 2009

Starring

Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takashi Sasano

Reminds me of

Bes vakit,The Good Earth,Yi yi,The Kite Runner,Antonia

Interesting Fact

The Japanese title “”Okuribito”" means “”the sending [away/off] people”" (as in: people who send) – but this word is not normally used in Japanese.

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