Departures

Release Date:

May 29, 2009

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Running Time:

2:10

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Yojiro Takita

Cast:

Masahiro Motoki
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ryoko Hirosue
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Kimiko Yo
Takashi Sasano
Toru Minegishi
Tetta Sugimoto
Yukiko Tachibana
Tatsuo Yamada

Writers:

Kundo Koyama

Official Website:

http://www.departures-themovie.com/

Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo Kobayashi learns that his orchestra is dissolving. Daigo and his wife move back to his hometown in northern Japan, where he answers an ad for what he thinks is a travel agency, but is, in actuality, a mortuary. As he learns and carries out the rituals used in preparing the dead for their final rest, Daigo finds his true calling in life.

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