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Departures
"The gift of last memories."
2008 • 2h 10m • ★ 7.8 (901 votes) Released
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.
Director
Yojiro Takita
Screenplay
Kundo Koyama
Rating
7.8
Runtime
130 min
Revenue
$69.9M
Production
TBS
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Keywords
dying and deathfuneraloctopuscoffincellomusicalbased on memoir or autobiographyodd jobyamagatahopeful
