Films » Departures (Okuribito)

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Title Departures (Okuribito)
Theatrical Release Date
  • 2009-05-29
DVD release date
Running time
  • 130 min.
Language
  • Japanese
Country of Origin
  • Japan
Genre
  • Drama, Music
Plot summary

  • A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
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Locations
  • Sakata, Yamagata, Japan
Studio
  • Regent Releasing
Actors
  • Masahiro Motoki
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki
  • Takashi Sasano
Actresses
  • Ryoko Hirosue
  • Kimiko Yo
  • Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Directors
  • Yojiro Takita
Producers
  • Yashuhiro Mase
  • Tushiaki Nakazawa
  • Ichiro Nobukuni
  • Toshihisa Watai
Writers
  • Kundo Koyama
Composers
  • Joe Hisaishi
Awards
  • Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, Academy Awards, 2009
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