Departures
The gift of last memories.
7.9(945) 2008-09-13 130 minDrama
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.
DirectorYojiro Takita
Original Music ComposerJoe Hisaishi
ScreenplayKundo Koyama
ProducerToshiaki Nakazawa
ProducerIchirô Nobukuni
ProducerToshihisa Watai
Cast & characters
Masahiro Motoki
as Daigo Kobayashi
Hirosue Ryoko
as Mika Kobayashi
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Ikuei Sasaki
Kimiko Yo
as Yuriko Kamimura
Tetta Sugimoto
as Yamashita
Toru Minegishi
as Yoshiki Kobayashi
Tatsuo Yamada
as Togashi
Yukiko Tachibana
as —
Yukari Tachibana
as Rie Yamashita
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Genjitsu Shu
as —
Taro Ishida
as Sonezaki
Yukimi Koyanagi
as —
Hiroyuki Kishi
as —
Sanae Miyata
as Naomi Togashi
Ryosuke Otani
as Tomeo's Father
Mitsuyo Hoshino
as Kazuko Kobayashi
Tarō Suwa
as —
Tatsuhito Okuda
as —
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Rin Uchida
as Young Daigo
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Ryoichi Suzuki
as —
Takao Toji
as —
No photo
Akemi Fuji
as —
Atsushi Yamanaka
as —
Shinji Hiwatashi
as —
