Departures

A newly-unemployed cellist answers a job advert he believes is for a travel agent, only to find himself beginning a career as an "encoffineer", preparing corpses for funerals – and finding a whole new perspective on life and death.

Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Year:
2008
Rating:
12
Time (mins):
124
Colour:
Colour
Director:
Yôjirô Takita
Writers:
Kundô Koyama
Cast:
Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano
Awards:
Won the 2009 Oscar for Best Foreign Language film, a further 10 Awards of the Japanese Academy and another 21 wins and six nominations.
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