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Departures (DVD, 2010)
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After Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) loses his job as a cellist, he feels lost. He returns to his hometown in search of work, and a job ad leads him to work at a funeral home. While those around him shun his new career, Daigo finds solace and direction in his work. This thought-provoking look at life and death was Japan's submission for the Oscars in 2008.Product Identifiers
EAN5027035005959
eBay Product ID (ePID)80138713
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleDepartures
ActorMasahiro Motoki
DirectorYojiro Takita
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
FormatDVD
Release Year2010
LanguageJapanese
Features'making of Departures': Featurette\'encoffinment': a Feature, With Subtitles
Run Time125 Mins
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate12A/12
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureJapan
ReviewsEmpire - Full of wit and warmth, this is cinema at its most affecting, Daily Telegraph - Wise, moving and deeply felt, Sight And Sound - Genuine, carthartic and life affirming
Consumer AdviceContains emotionally intense scenes of bereavement
Additional InformationDirector Yojiro Takita and writer Kundo Koyama examine the rituals surrounding death in Japan with this tale of an out-of-work cellist who accepts a job as a 'Nokanashi' or 'encoffineer' (the Japanese equivalent of an undertaker) in order to provide for himself and his young wife. Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) is a talented musician, but when his orchestra is abruptly disbanded, he suddenly finds himself without a source of steady income. Making the decision to move back to his small hometown, Daigo answers a classified ad for a company called 'Departures', mistakenly assuming that he will be working for a travel agency. Upon discovering that he will actually be preparing the bodies of the recently deceased for their trip to the afterlife, Daigo accepts the position as gatekeeper between life and death and gradually gains a greater appreciation for life. But while Daigo's wife and friends universally despise his new line of work, he takes a great amount of pride in the fact that he is helping to ensure that the dead receive a proper send-off from this state of being. This thought-provoking look at life and death was Japan's submission for the Oscars in 2008.
Movie/TV TitleDepartures
Sound sourceDolby Digital
AwardsBest Foreign Film 2009 -
ScreenwriterKundo Koyama
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- 26 Jul, 2018
Moving, kind, gentle and looks beautiful
Bitter sweet examination of the Japanese taboo around dealing with the dead. Moving, kind, gentle and looks beautiful. In Japanese with subtitles.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 Jan, 2025
Tender and sensitive
A tender tale of unemployment for a musician as his orchestra is down-sized. He finds a job, not at all what he is expecting but brings the same tenderness to that work as he did to his playing. A very sympathetic telling and a wonderful film.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Apr, 2020
Still great.
Glad to find a source as we were delighted with this beautiful Jpanese film. Thank you.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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