Released
Departures
September 13 2008 (over 16 years ago)Rating
78
Based on
827 reviews
The gift of last memories.
- Director: Yojiro Takita
- Writer: Kundo Koyama
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 2 h 10 m
- Box office: $69,932,387
- Country: Japan
- Companies: TBS, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MBS, Sedic, Shogakukan, TBS Radio, Shochiku, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun
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.
