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Okuribito (2008)
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Ratings: 8.1/10 from 17,235 users
Metascore:
68/100
Reviews: 75 user | 139 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. Director:Yôjirô TakitaWriter:Kundô Koyama |
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Daigo Kobayashi
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Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... |
Ikuei Sasaki
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Ryôko Hirosue | ... |
Mika Kobayashi
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki | ... |
Tsuyako Yamashita
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Kimiko Yo | ... |
Yuriko Uemura
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Takashi Sasano | ... |
Shokichi Hirata
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Tetta Sugimoto | ... |
Yamashita
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Tôru Minegishi | ... |
Yoshiki Kobayashi
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Tatsuo Yamada | ... |
Togashi
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Yukari Tachibana | ||
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Tarô Ishida | ... |
Sonezaki
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Sanae Miyata | ... |
Naomi Togashi
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Ryôsuke Ôtani | ... |
Tomeo's father
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Mitsuyo Hoshino | ... |
Kazuko Kobayashi
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Tatsuhito Okuda | ||
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Storyline
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself 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 life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living. Written by Regent Releasing
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Sakata, Yamagata, JapanBox Office
Opening Weekend:
$2,194,799 (Japan) (14 September 2008) (220 Screens)Gross:
$61,010,217 (Japan) (12 April 2009)Company Credits
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Daigo Kobayashi: [voice over narration] When I was a child winter didn't feel so cold. It's nearly two months since I moved home from Tokyo. It's been an awkward time.
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The Japanese title "Okuribito" means "the sending [away/off] people" (as in: people who send) - but this word is not normally used in Japanese. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Daigo Kobayashi: [voice over narration] When I was a child winter didn't feel so cold. It's nearly two months since I moved home from Tokyo. It's been an awkward time.
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