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Departures

09/13/2008

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2hrs 10min

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Drama

The gift of last memories.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Masahiro Motoki
  • Ryoko Hirosue
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki
  • Kazuko Yoshiyuki
  • Kimiko Yo

    Director

  • Yojiro Takita

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • TBS
  • Amuse Soft Entertainment
  • MBS
  • Sedic
  • Shogakukan
  • TBS Radio
  • Shochiku
  • dentsu
  • The Asahi Shimbun

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Masahiro Motoki

Daigo Kobayashi

Ryoko Hirosue

Mika Kobayashi

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ikuei Sasaki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Tsuyako Yamashita

Kimiko Yo

Yuriko Kamimura

Takashi Sasano

Shokichi Hirata

Tetta Sugimoto

Yamashita

Toru Minegishi

Yoshiki Kobayashi

Tatsuo Yamada

Togashi

Yukari Tachibana

Rie Yamashita

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