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Departures (Okuribito)

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Departures (Okuribito)
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PG13,2hrs 11min
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May 29, 2009
Distributor:
Regent Releasing
Synopsis: "Departures" follows Daigo Kobayashi, a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and who is suddenly left without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next ... Full Synopsis
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Masahiro Motoki in "Departures" (Regent Releasing)
Tsutomu Yamazaki, left, Kimiko Yo, and Masahiro Motoki in "Departures" (Regent Releasing)
Masahiro Motoki, left, and Tsutomu Yamazaki in "Departures" (Regent Releasing)
Masahiro Motoki, left, and Takashi Sasano in "Departures" (Regent Releasing)
Masahiro Motoki, left, and Tsutomu Yamazaki in "Departures" (Regent Releasing)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki, left, and Ryoko Hirosue in "Departures" (Regent Releasing)
Ryoko Hirosue, left, and Masahiro Motoki in "Departures" (Regent Releasing)
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