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.
