Departures

A small town, autumn, a cello silenced. A young musician returns, his wife by his side, to find work as an undertaker's assistant, preparing the dead for their final farewell. Yojiro Takita finds poetry in the everyday rituals of death.

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Yojiro Takita directed Departures in 2008. See Yojiro Takita's full filmography, where to start with Yojiro Takita, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yojiro Takita.

Departures was released in 2008 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 130 minutes.