Masahiro Motoki
Daigo Kobayashi
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Departures (Japanese: おくりびと, Hepburn: Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki.
Jun 19, 2009 · Departures: Directed by Yôjirô Takita. With Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryôko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki. Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding.
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- Drama
- Yôjirô Takita
- 2009-06-19
Dec 5, 2011 · "Departures" plays fair. It brings four main characters onstage (and the sweet old couple from a bath house). We know and understand them. We care about them. They are involved in an enterprise we probably knew nothing about. It touches on death, a subject of general fascination.
You can buy "Departures" on Vudu, Google Play Movies, YouTube as download or rent it on Vudu, Google Play Movies, YouTube online. Synopsis Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper.
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- Yojiro Takita
- PG-13
- Yukari Tachibana
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May 29, 2009 · Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) learns that his orchestra is disbanding. Daigo and his wife move back to his hometown in northern Japan, where he answers an...
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- Yojiro Takita
- PG-13
- Masahiro Motoki
May 27, 2009 · It is the insight inspiring "Departures," the lovely Japanese movie that won this year's Oscar for best foreign film. The story involves a young man who apprentices to the trade of "encoffinment," the preparation of corpses before their cremation.
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Summaries. Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
