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Departures

Original title: おくりびと

The gift of last memories.

  • Movie
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • 2h 10m

Directed by Yojiro Takita

7.9

TMDB audience rating
7.9 out of 10 from 975 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Masahiro Motoki

    Masahiro MotokiDaigo Kobayashi

  • Ryoko Hirosue

    Ryoko HirosueMika Kobayashi

  • Tsutomu Yamazaki

    Tsutomu YamazakiIkuei Sasaki

  • Kimiko Yo

    Kimiko YoYuriko Kamimura

  • Tetta Sugimoto

    Tetta SugimotoYamashita

  • Toru Minegishi

    Toru MinegishiYoshiki Kobayashi

  • Tatsuo Yamada

    Tatsuo YamadaTogashi

  • Yukiko Tachibana

    Yukiko Tachibana

  • Yukari Tachibana

    Yukari TachibanaRie Yamashita

  • Genjitsu Shu

  • Taro Ishida

    Taro IshidaSonezaki

  • Yukimi Koyanagi

    Yukimi Koyanagi

  • Hiroyuki Kishi

    Hiroyuki Kishi

  • Sanae Miyata

    Sanae MiyataNaomi Togashi

  • Ryosuke Otani

    Ryosuke OtaniTomeo's Father

  • Mitsuyo Hoshino

    Mitsuyo HoshinoKazuko Kobayashi

  • Tarō Suwa

    Tarō Suwa

  • Tatsuhito Okuda

    Tatsuhito Okuda

Director
Yojiro Takita
Writer
Kundo Koyama
Music
Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography
Takeshi Hamada