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                          Departures /Okuribito (Yojiro Takita 2008)
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Type.................: Movie
Part Size............: 97,657 kb
Number of Parts......: 77
Compression Format...: RAR
File Validation......: SFV, PAR (12%)
Disk type............: DVD9
Volume size..........: 7.15 GB
Original Format......: PAL
Aspect ratio.........: 1.78:1 (1024x576)
Genre................: Drama, Music
IMDb Rating..........: 8.1
Movie Information....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1069238/
Length...............: 125 min
Audio................: Japanese (DD5.1, DD2.0)
Subtitles............: English

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Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been 
dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo 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 only to discover 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 of "Nokanshi," 
acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and 
the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical 
journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and 
living. 


Extras:
- 'Making of' documentary (33 min)
- Encoffinment (13 min)


STARS: Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue and Tsutomu Yamazaki
 

Academy Award: Best Foreign Language Film
10 Japan Academy Prize Awards
(best picture, best director, best actor, best screenplay)