- HD 1080
- Runtime: 130m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Yojiro Takita
- Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo
- keywords: dying and death, funeral, octopus, coffin, cello, musical, based on memoir or autobiography, odd job, yamagata
- Production_studio: TBS, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MBS, Sedic, Shogakukan, TBS Radio, Shochiku, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun
- Slogan: The gift of last memories.
- The Departures is featured in the top rankings of 2008
- #12 in Top Drama Movies of 2008
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.
