Departures /
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He 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...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Japanese English |
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[Port Washington, NY] :
E1 Entertainment,
[2009]
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| Summary: | Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He 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. He discovers 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, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released in 2008 as a motion picture. Special features: interview with director Yôjirô Takita. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 2.0 Dolby Digital or 5.1 surround sound. |
| Awards: | Academy Award, 2009: Best foreign language film. Awards of the Japanese Academy, 2009: Best actor, Best cinematography, Best director, Best editing, Best film, Best lighting, Best screenplay, Best sound, Best supporting actor (Yamazaki), Best supporting actress (Yo). |
| Production Credits: | Ongaku, Hisaishi Jō ; satsuei, Hamada Takeshi ; henshū, Kawashima Akimasa. |
| ISBN: | 1417232919 9781417232918 |