Departures

Departures (2008)

2008-09-13 · 130 min · Rating 7.85/10 (914 votes)

The gift of last memories.

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.

Drama

Keywords

based on memoir or autobiography cello coffin dying and death funeral hopeful musical octopus odd job yamagata

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