Departures

Departures

Okuribito
🎞️ Movie 130 min JP
โ˜… 8.0 /10 2008

The gift of last memories

Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.

Cast

Masahiro Motoki
Masahiro Motoki
Daigo Kobayashi
Ryôko Hirosue
Ryôko Hirosue
Mika Kobayashi
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ikuei Sasaki
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Tsuyako Yamashita
Kimiko Yo
Kimiko Yo
Yuriko Uemura
Takashi Sasano
Takashi Sasano
Shokichi Hirata
Tetta Sugimoto
Tetta Sugimoto
Yamashita
Tôru Minegishi
Tôru Minegishi
Yoshiki Kobayashi
Tatsuo Yamada
Tatsuo Yamada
Togashi
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Yukari Tachibana
Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi
Composer
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Takeshi Hamada
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

Departures (2008) HD Trailer
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Departures (2008) HD Trailer