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Departures

OT: Okuribito

Yojiro Takita | Japan 2008

Feature | 130 min | FF2009

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Synopse

The unfortunate Daigo has lost his position as a cellist and returns to Japan’s north with his wife. Unwittingly, he applies for a job with an undertaker’s, mistaking it for a travel agent’s. But an ample salary and a grotesque self-experiment lead him to discover the dignity that the old ritual he must perform gives the last farewell in the face of the next of kin. His wife, however, does not approve. A beautiful drama about love, family ties and the final hour.

Info

Original Title: Okuribito

International Title: Departures

Category: Feature

Section: Agenda 09

Version & Subtitles: Japanese OV

Director: Yojiro Takita

Screenplay: Kundo Koyama

Cast/Protagonists: Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomo Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Production country: Japan

Year of Production: 2008

Length: 130 min

Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa

Production company: Shochiku Company


Cinematography: Takeshi Hamada

Editor: Akimasa Kawashima

Music: Joe Hisaishi

Production Design: Fumio Ogawa

World Sales: Content Film International

Distributor: Ludwig Ammann, KOOL Filmdistribution