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
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), Takefumi Yoshikawa (Casting), Toshiaki Nakazawa (Producer), Hideharu Yamashita (Line Producer), Ichirô Nobukuni (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
IMDb: 7.844 / 10 by 859 users
Popularity: 2.7204
Budget: $0
Revenue: $69932387
Language: 日本語
