Departures
Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki), a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved, is suddenly left without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency, only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life.
While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed.
| Director: | Yojiro Takita |
| Studio: | Regent Releasing |
| Producer(s): | Toshiaki Nakasawa, Toshihisa Watai |
| Cast: | Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano |
| Writer(s): | Kundo Koyama |
| Official Site: | www.departures-themovie.com |
