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Departures (2008)

Departures (2008)

Drama

The gift of last memories.

Release Date: 2008, September 13
Directors: Yojiro Takita
Countries: Japan
Production: TBS, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MBS, Sedic, Shogakukan, TBS Radio, Shochiku, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun
Cast: Taro Ishida, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Yuki Kurosawa, Sayuri Shirai, Tetta Sugimoto, Tatsuo Yamada, Toru Minegishi, Masahiro Motoki, Hirosue Ryoko, Yukari Tachibana

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

musical octopus dying and death hopeful based on memoir or autobiography coffin funeral cello odd job yamagata