AKA: Departures (International) (English title)
Yojiro Takita's "Okuribito" (Departures) won top honors at the 2008 edition of the Montreal World Film Festival, taking home the grand prize of the Americas. Music by award winning composer Joe Hisaishi.
Starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, the drama focuses on a cellist who loses his job and decides to move back to his hometown, where he starts to work as the local undertaker.
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