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OKURIBITO (Original title)DEPARTURES (Alternative title)
Date: 2008 (Copyright)

Country: Japan

Directed by: Yôjirô Takita

Production company billing: ©2008. Departures Film Partners Contentfilm International presents in association with [] a Departures Film Partners presentation [end] Dolby Digital In Colour [1.85:1] Subtitles
Synopsis: Drama. After his musical career fails, a Tokyo cellist retreats to his small hometown where he takes a job as a mortuary assistant.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Musicians, Death
Releases
Date: 13 September 2008Country: JapanRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 131 mins Subtitles: Japanese

Credits (18)
©: Departures Film Partners, Production Company: Departures Film Partners, Production Company: Tokyo Broadcasting System, Production Company: Sedic International, Presents: ContentFilm International, [International Sales]: Shochiku Co. Ltd., Executive Producer: Yasuhiro Mase, Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa, Producer: Toshihisa Watai, Screenplay by: Kundo Koyama, Director of Photography: Takeshi Hamada, Lighting: Hitoshi Takaya, Editing: Akimasa Kawashima, Production Design: Fumio Ogawa, Costumes: Katsuhiko Kitamura, Music by: Joe Hisaishi, Sound Recording: Satoshi Ozaki
Cast (10)
Masahiro Motoki (Daigo Kobayashi), Ryoko Hirosue (Mika), Tsutomu Yamazaki (Ikuei Sasaki), Kimiko Yo (Yuriko Kamimura), Tetta Sugimoto (.), Kazuko Yoshiyuki (Tsuyako Yamashita), Takashi Sasano (Shokichi Hirata), Tatsuo Yamada, Toru Minegishi, Yuko Tachibana