Departures

Sep 13, 2008

2h 10m

★ 7.8

The gift of last memories.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

TBS

Amuse Soft Entertainment

MBS

Sedic

Shogakukan

TBS Radio

Shochiku

dentsu

The Asahi Shimbun

Departures Trailers

Cast

Daigo Kobayashi

Masahiro Motoki

Mika Kobayashi

Ryoko Hirosue

Ikuei Sasaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsuyako Yamashita

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Yuriko Kamimura

Kimiko Yo

Shokichi Hirata

Takashi Sasano

Yamashita

Tetta Sugimoto

Yoshiki Kobayashi

Toru Minegishi

Togashi

Tatsuo Yamada

Rie Yamashita

Yukari Tachibana

Sonezaki

Tarō Ishida

Naomi Togashi

Sanae Miyata

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