Departures

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Masahiro Motoki

Daigo Kobayashi

Ryoko Hirosue

Mika Kobayashi

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ikuei Sasaki

Kimiko Yo

Yuriko Kamimura

Tetta Sugimoto

Yamashita

Toru Minegishi

Yoshiki Kobayashi

Tatsuo Yamada

Togashi

Yukiko Tachibana

Yukari Tachibana

Rie Yamashita

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Genjitsu Shu

Taro Ishida

Sonezaki

Yukimi Koyanagi

Hiroyuki Kishi

Sanae Miyata

Naomi Togashi

Ryosuke Otani

Tomeo's Father

Mitsuyo Hoshino

Kazuko Kobayashi

Tarō Suwa

Tatsuhito Okuda

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Rin Uchida

Young Daigo

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Ryoichi Suzuki

Crew

Art

• Fumio Ogawa Production Design
• Naomi Koike Decorator

Camera

• Takeshi Hamada Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Katsuhiko Kitamura Costume Supervisor

Directing

• Yojiro Takita Director
• 長濱英高 Assistant Director

Editing

• Akimasa Kawashima Editor

Lighting

• Hitoshi Takaya Gaffer

Production

• Takefumi Yoshikawa Casting
• Toshiaki Nakazawa Producer
• Hideharu Yamashita Line Producer
• Ichirô Nobukuni Producer
• Yasuhiro Mase Executive Producer
• Toshihisa Watai Producer

Sound

• Joe Hisaishi Original Music Composer
• Satoshi Ozaki Sound Recordist
• Osamu Onodera Sound Mixer

Writing

• Kundo Koyama Screenplay

Photos