Departures
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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.
- Director
- Yojiro Takita
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $70M
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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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- Worldwide gross
- $70M
- Release date
- Sep 13, 2008
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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