

Departures
Visit website7.8/10 • 865
2008-09-13 • 2h 10m
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.
- Directors
- Yojiro Takita
- Editors
- Akimasa Kawashima

Departures
Visit website2008-09-13 • 2h 10m
7.8/10 • 865
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.
- Directors
- Yojiro Takita
- Editors
- Akimasa Kawashima
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsMasahiro Motoki
Daigo Kobayashi
Ryoko Hirosue
Mika Kobayashi
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ikuei Sasaki
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Tsuyako Yamashita
Kimiko Yo
Yuriko Kamimura
Takashi Sasano
Shokichi Hirata
Tetta Sugimoto
Yamashita
Toru Minegishi
Yoshiki Kobayashi
Tatsuo Yamada
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Budget
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- Revenue
- $69,932,387.00
- Keywords
- dying and deathfuneraloctopuscoffincellomusicalbased on memoir or autobiographyodd jobyamagata