Movie Departures (おくりびと) (2008)

1. Departures (おくりびと) - The Japan Society

  • Directed by Yojiro Takita [滝田洋二郎], 2008, 131 minutes. Review by Michael Sullivan. Departures is based on an autobiographical book by Aoki Shinmon [新門 ...

2. Okuribito - Japanese films - toitsu.de

  • Trailer. Departures (おくりびと, Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, ...

  • Daigo Kobayashi loses his job as a cellist when his orchestra is disbanded. He and his wife Mika move from Tokyo to his hometown in Yamagata, where they live in his childhood home that was left to him when his mother died two years earlier. It is fronted by a coffee shop that Daigo's father had operated before he ran off with a waitress when Daigo was six; since then the two have had no contact. Daigo feels hatred towards his father and guilt for not taking better care of his mother. He still keeps a "stone-letter" - a stone which is said to convey meaning through its texture - which his father had given him many years before. Daigo finds an advertisement for a job "assisting departures". Assuming it to be a job in a travel agency, he goes to the interview at the NK Agent office and learns from the secretary, Yuriko Kamimura, that he will be preparing bodies for cremation in a ceremony known as encoffinment. Though reluctant, Daigo is hired on the spot and receives a cash advance from his new boss, Sasaki. Daigo is furtive about his duties and hides the true nature of the job from Mika. His first assignment is to assist with the encoffinment of a woman who died at home and remained undiscovered for two weeks. He is beset with nausea and later humiliated when strangers on a bus detect an unsavoury scent on him. To clean himself, he visits a public bath which he had frequented as a child. It is owned by Tsuyako Yamashita, the mother of one of Daigo's former clas...

3. Departures | Rotten Tomatoes

  • Daigo and his wife move back to his hometown in northern Japan, where he answers an ad for what he thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.

  • Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) learns that his orchestra is disbanding. Daigo and his wife move back to his hometown in northern Japan, where he answers an ad for what he thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary. As he learns and carries out the rituals used in preparing the dead for their final rest, Daigo finds his true calling in life.

4. Departures - cinema - VPRO Gids

  • Japan 2008. Drama van Yôjirô Takita. Met o.a. Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu ... Okuribito; Genres: Drama, Muziek; Landen: Japan. imdb: Meer credits van ...

  • Net nadat hij een dure cello heeft aangeschaft verliest muzikant Daigo Kobayashi (Motoki) zijn baan wanneer zijn orkest wordt opgeheven. Hij solliciteert naar ander werk, maar schrikt wel even als hem wordt verteld dat het een baan is bij een begrafenisondernemer. Zijn griezelige nieuwe functie heeft een lage status, hij houdt de aard van zijn werkzaamheden dus maar verborgen voor zijn echtgenote. Maar langzaam maar zeker realiseert hij zich dat het vak ook een mooie, troostvolle kant heeft. Soms een tikje slepend, niettemin in 2009 bekroond met de Oscar voor beste buitenlandse film.

5. Departures (2008) - MUBI

  • The surprise winner of the 2009 Oscar® for Best Foreign Film, beating out The Class and Waltz with Bashir, Departures is a delicate, almost screwball drama—and ...

  • An out-of-work cellist returns to his hometown with his wife. There, he responds to a cryptic job ad, only to find out that the work is to prepare corpses for cremation. He soon finds he has a talent for it but is too shy to tell his wife, leaving him torn between his true calling and his marriage.

6. Departures (2008) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

  • 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 ...

  • 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.

7. Departures (2008) directed by Yojiro Takita • Reviews, film + cast

  • 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 ...

  • 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.

8. Departures streaming: where to watch movie online? - JustWatch

  • Currently available on 3 streaming services. Departures (2008). Original Title: おくりびと. JustWatch ...

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9. Okuribito (Film, 2008) - MovieMeter.nl

  • Okuribito (2008) · Genre: Drama · Speelduur: 130 minuten · Alternatieve titels: Departures / おくりびと · Oorsprong: Japan · Geregisseerd door: Yôjirô Takita · Met ...

  • Drama film geregisseerd door Yôjirô Takita. Met Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki en Ryoko Hirosue.

10. Deconstructing the Film "Departures" In a New Chapter of Japanese ...

  • In 2009, `Departures` or `Okuribito` won an Oscar as the best foreign movie. ... Departures" (2008) From the movie “Departures” (2008). Hence, we see how his ...

  • We will explore fascinating stories about culture, birth, life, and death in our special cycle in the film "Departures" and the Japanese movie industry.

11. recensie Okuribito (a.k.a. Departures – 2008) op Filmofiel.nl

  • 4 mei 2010 · Dat deze film vorig jaar de Oscar voor 'Best foreign language film' won is helemaal niet zo raar, want Okuribito (in jouw videotheek te huur ...

  • Dat deze film vorig jaar de Oscar voor ‘Best foreign language film’ won is helemaal niet zo raar, want Okuribito (in jouw videotheek te huur als Departures) is een erg mooie film over een behoorlijk origineel en onverwacht onderwerp. Daigo Kobayashi is cellist bij een orkest in Tokyo. Het orkest leidt echter verlies en als het wordt opgeheven vertrekt Daigo met z’n jonge vrouw terug naar z’n geboorteplaats in het noorden van Japan. Het is…

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