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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Yôjirô Takita

Writer:

Kundo Koyama (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

13 September 2008 (Japan) more

Genre:

Drama | Music more

Tagline:

The gift of last memories

Plot:

A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 31 wins & 3 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(21 articles)

‘Departures’ - The “Ticket Stubs Review”
 (From MovieSet.com. 1 September 2009, 12:08 PM, PDT)

Departures (Okuribito)
 (From Scorecard Review. 5 July 2009, 12:53 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

Best Japanese film in 2008! more (37 total)


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Also Known As:

Departures (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
A Partida (Brazil) [pt]
Anahoriseis (Greece) [el]
Departures (France) [fr]
Departures (Denmark) [da]
Nokan - Die Kunst des Ausklangs (Germany) [de]
Pozegnania (Poland) [pl]
Son veda (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material.

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #45351) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:12A | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Sakata, Yamagata, Japan


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Trivia:

Japan's contender for the 2009 foreign language Oscar. more

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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#26.35)" (2009) more


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43 out of 58 people found the following comment useful.
Best Japanese film in 2008!, 20 September 2008
10/10
Author: hige-1 from Tokyo, Japan

Beautiful and touching movie about life and death. My favorite movies dealing with the same issue are Akira Kurosawa's "Ikiru" and "Red Beard". Also, Juzo Itami's comedy "Funeral" is pretty good one. Same as these master's works, Director Takita successfully put good comedy elements in this serious film. The idea "Death is a gate for another world" may be based on Buddhism belief, but I am sure you can relate yourself to this story with your own experience of losing somebody important. Masahiro Motoki was at his best for the leading role. He once played similar role in "Sumo Do, Sumo Don't" by Director Masayuki Suo (Shall We Dansu?) in terms of being put in awkward situation, involved seriously and end up finding the virtue in it. Music score is by Joe Hisaishi. Great as always. He has done great jobs on films for Takeshi Kitano and Hayao Miyazaki. I am sure this will be the best Japanese movie in 2008. 10/10

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