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おくりびと ("Okuribito" - original title)
12A | 2h 10min | Drama, Music | Japan
Director: Yôjirô Takita
Writer: Kundô Koyama (screenplay)
Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki
12A | 2h 10min | Drama, Music | Japan
Director: Yôjirô Takita
Writer: Kundô Koyama (screenplay)
Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Departures (Japanese: おくりびと, Hepburn: Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki. The film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and stumbles across work as a nōkanshi—a traditional Japanese ritual mortician. He is subjected to prejudice from those around him, including from his wife, because of strong social taboos against people who deal with death. Eventually he repairs these interpersonal connections through the beauty and dignity of his work.
In 2009 Departures became the first Japanese production to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Exquisite.
