Departures (2008)
Rating: 7.8/10
Duration: 130 min
Genres: Drama,
Director(s): Yojiro Takita,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Tatsuo Yamada as Togashi
- Tetta Sugimoto as Yamashita
- Ryoko Hirosue as Mika Kobayashi
- Takashi Sasano as Shokichi Hirata
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Tsuyako Yamashita
- Kimiko Yo as Yuriko Kamimura
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Ikuei Sasaki
- Taro Ishida as Sonezaki
- Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi
- Toru Minegishi as Yoshiki Kobayashi
- Yukari Tachibana as Rie Yamashita
- Sanae Miyata as Naomi Togashi
- Ryosuke Otani as Tomeo's Father