Departures
Departures

Departures

The gift of last memories.

7.8(864 votes)
2008
2h 10m
Drama

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.

Production

TBS, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MBS, Sedic, Shogakukan, TBS Radio, Shochiku, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun

Cast

Masahiro Motoki

Masahiro Motoki

Daigo Kobayashi

Ryoko Hirosue

Ryoko Hirosue

Mika Kobayashi

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ikuei Sasaki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Tsuyako Yamashita

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Yuriko Kamimura

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Shokichi Hirata

Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Yamashita

Toru Minegishi

Toru Minegishi

Yoshiki Kobayashi

Tatsuo Yamada

Tatsuo Yamada

Togashi

Yukari Tachibana

Yukari Tachibana

Rie Yamashita

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