| Description |
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Tetta Sugimoto, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takashi Sasano. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Takeshi Hamada ; editor, Akimasa Kawashima ; music, Joe Hisaishi. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic elements. |
| Awards |
Academy Award winner, 2008: Best foreign language film. |
| Summary |
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency. He discovers that the job is actually for a 'Nokanshi' or 'encoffineer,' a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. |
| Note |
Special features: Interview with director Yôjirô Takita. |
| Subject |
Cellists -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Advertising, Classified -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Undertakers and undertaking -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Migration, Internal -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Married people -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS.
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ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 2008.
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| Genre |
Feature films Japan.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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| Added Author |
Nakazawa, Toshiaki.
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Watai, Toshihisa.
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Koyama, Kundo.
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Takita, Yōjirō, 1955-
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Motoki, Masahiro, 1965-
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Hirosue, Ryöko, 1980-
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Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936-
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Yo, Kimiko.
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Sugimoto, Tetta.
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Yoshiyuki, Kazuko, 1935-
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Sasano, T. (Takashi)
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Hisaishi, Jō, 1950-
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Regent (Firm)
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Here Media (Firm)
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Departures Film Partners.
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E1 Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Okuribito |
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Departures |
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Departures (Motion picture : 2008)
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| ISBN |
1417232919 |
| Standard No. |
741952675792 |
| Music No. |
E1E-DV-6757 E1 Entertainment |
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