Departures [videorecording] / director, Yojiro Takita; producer, Toshiaki Nakazawa; producer, Ichiro Nobukuni; producer, Toshihisa Watai; writer, Kundo Koyama.
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FilmPublisher number: FCD430 | Arrow VideoLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Publication details: Arrow Video, 2010Description: 1 videodisc (130 min.) : colGenre/Form: Feature : ForeignDDC classification: 791.437 Cast: Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano, Mitsuyo Hoshino, Taro Ishida, Hiroyuki Kishi, Miyuki Koyanagi, Toru Minegishi, Sanae Miyata.Summary: Japanese comedy drama starring Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi, a professional cellist who loses his job when his orchestra disbands. He and his wife Mika (Ryoko Hirosue) move back into his childhood home and he begins to look for work. When he answers a classified advert entitled 'Departures', he assumes it is for a travel agency; it is in fact an undertakers. To the bemusement of his wife and friends, Daigo throws himself into his unusual new work with pride and vigour, and learns a lot about life, death and love in the process.
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Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | Ground Floor Library Desk | 791.4372 DEP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 06267750 |
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (Japanese), Subtitles (English).
Made in 2008.
Credits: music, Joe Hisaishi.
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Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano, Mitsuyo Hoshino, Taro Ishida, Hiroyuki Kishi, Miyuki Koyanagi, Toru Minegishi, Sanae Miyata.
Japanese comedy drama starring Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi, a professional cellist who loses his job when his orchestra disbands. He and his wife Mika (Ryoko Hirosue) move back into his childhood home and he begins to look for work. When he answers a classified advert entitled 'Departures', he assumes it is for a travel agency; it is in fact an undertakers. To the bemusement of his wife and friends, Daigo throws himself into his unusual new work with pride and vigour, and learns a lot about life, death and love in the process.
BBFC code: 12.
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