Departures

Departures

  • Director: Yôjirô Takita
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: June 19, 2009
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Final de partida
  • "Okuribito" is adapted from the novel "The Diary of the Coffin " by the Japanese writer Aoki Shinto. It is directed by Takata Youjirou and co-starred by Masahiro Motoki , Tsutomu Yamazaki , Ryôko Hirosue , Yoshiyuki Kazuko and Takashi Sasano . The film was released in Japan on September 10, 2008   . 
    The film tells the life of Okuribito in Japan. From the perspective of a novice Okuribito, the film observes various deaths and gazes at the loving people around the deceased. The film has won the highest award of the 32nd Montreal World Film Festival , the 81st Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film Award, The 29th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Asian Film and other awards   .
    On October 29, 2021, the 4K restored version of "Okuribito" was released in mainland China   .

    Details

    • Release date June 19, 2009
    • Filming locations Sakata, Yamagata, Japan
    • Production companies Amuse Soft, Asahi Shimbun, Dentsu

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,498,210

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $74,945

    Gross worldwide

    $74,236,951

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kiarra 2022-04-23 07:03:00

      Food, music and love in life

      Accidentally, the words that I typed before were instantly lost. Tried multiple methods, to no avail.
      Love both posters. One for realism, one for romanticism. Or maybe this is the insinuation of the story in the film, both realistic and romantic.

      Haven't watched a movie for a long time. It's been a long time since I watched a movie and cried so vividly. If it wasn't for worrying about affecting others, I think I would cry. It was an extreme sadness of depression in my heart, and...

    • By Myrtis 2022-04-23 07:03:00

      death is for the living

      I read an article a long time ago, I can't remember the content, but the name has been circling in my heart. When I saw this movie today, I suddenly thought: Ah, that's what it's talking about.
      Death is the business of the living - "The Undertaker".

      ○ "The dream that I believed in before may not be a dream at all."
      Kobayashi Dawu probably fell into the lowest point of his life, the band he settled in suddenly disbanded, and he couldn't repay the large sum of money he...

    • By Gail 2022-04-23 07:03:00

      Is death itself an education?

      This movie is too educational, and it's a good thing and a bad thing. If I saw it when I was 18, I might think it was a good movie. The director's control is really not bad, and in many ways, it is more advanced than the cliché.

      A solemn ceremony of death, even with a cello, a beautiful understanding wife - all of these, for education, Japanese style of danmei and tranquility dominates the atmosphere of the whole film, more points The paradoxical perception of life (the protagonist's...

    • By Trevor 2022-04-23 07:03:00

      love yourself if you can

      Hisaishi Ryo accompanied me through the funeral procession, and I accompanied Kobayashi back to the most primitive satisfaction.

          I have only watched very few Japanese dramas and movies, "Love in the Sky", "Tokyo Love Story", "Love Letter", "Last Friend"... The number is only a few of the single digits. Mu Yahong, because I had seen the stylist with a story in "Night Shanghai" early, I felt that Zhang Yibai had not finished his story, and the Oscar's golden man made me intuitively...

    • By Carmine 2022-04-23 07:03:00

      Death is a gesture in the movement of life, and the farewell is a beautiful accompaniment

      For the first time, I wrote about my feelings after watching a movie. Such an urge probably came from watching it back then.<> Watched three shakes for three days in a row, but this time it was quiet. Indian philosophers once said: "Death is just going from inside the house to the outside." It is very difficult for mortals who are very open-minded but very alive in the world.

      Regarding life, death, and the world after death, I thought there would be more depictions of...

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    • By Garfield 2023-09-02 23:57:04

      The advantage is yasashi, the disadvantage is that it is too yasashi. 2021.11.08 Second brush to become Samsung. The second half is really aesthetically tiring. No matter the process of the burial or the feelings for the deceased relatives, there are only routines, superficial, and no new ideas and sublimation. In addition, it is still a story in a patriarchal society, and the setting of Ryoko Hirosue's wife is too...

    • By Kaitlin 2023-08-14 13:34:23

      Pick a good topic. The story is actually very routine: the frustrated and crisis-ridden protagonist stumbles into an industry, meets a tyrant and a mentor who has superimposed attributes of a loving father, and after experiencing his family's incomprehension and his own confusion, he can gradually be on his own, and finally rely on it. My own ability to solve a big problem in my...

    • By Gia 2023-08-13 10:42:19

      There is composure in the tranquility, which is the inner soul revealed by the teacher. Life is as splendid as summer flowers, and death is as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves. After experiencing the parting moments of countless families, the male protagonist never shed tears at work, but when burying his biological father, the male protagonist shed his only tears in the entire film. The vague image of his father in his memory was finally clear at this moment, and the resentment against his...

    • By Estevan 2023-08-05 16:51:15

      Only love and respect transcend life and death. . I once thought that his master was his father, and then I thought that the female colleague was his father's concubine. . . Hey, I'm vulgar, I admit. . . In addition, Ryoko Guangsue, with a small nose and small eyes, is so petite, what's so good about...

    • By Laurence 2023-07-28 22:31:22

      Seeing a mortuary on Qingming Festival is really the best death education? Liu Nan's father finally saw his son seriously. The husband thanked the mortuary for letting his wife leave in the most beautiful way. The small stone fell from my father's stiff hand... The ritual farewell made the family finally reach some kind of reconciliation at that moment. The slightest bit of blank space in the soundtrack makes the family and the audience immerse in the farewell at that moment. When we let go of...

    Movie plot

    Since the dissolution of the band, Cello hand Daigo Kobayashi ( Masahiro Motoki ornaments ) this unemployment. He and his wife Mika ( Ryôko Hirosue decoration ) left with Tokyo back home Yamagata-ken. However, even in Yamagata, it is difficult to find a job without Daigo who has practical skills. "No age limit, high salary guarantee, and very short actual working hours. We are looking for journey assistants." An eye-catching job...
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    Creation lineup

    The film brought together a group of capable actors. In addition to Masahiro Motoki, the old Okuribito in the film is played by Tsutomu Yamazaki, who has extraordinary acting and strong presence, and Daigo's wife Mika is played by Ryôko Hirosue , who has now lost her idol temperament . The veteran supporting role KIMIKO YO , " Samurai no one" points "in the Takashi Sasano , also joined the film.
    Music master Joe Hisaishi also produced...
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    The theme is easy to understand

    "Okuribito" is a traditional family feature film produced by Shochiku, which exudes a cordial and human touch. The film focuses on showing affection in different family relationships, which can gain the favor of middle-aged and elderly viewers in Japan. But "Okuribito" also has novel elements, that is, Japan's unique cultural aesthetics, such as the process of being enshrined. In addition, the story is easy to understand, there are...
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    Movie quotes

    • [last lines]

      Daigo Kobayashi: Dad... Father...

    • Daigo Kobayashi: There are many kinds of coffins.

      Yuriko Kamimura: 50000, 100000, 300000 yen.

      Daigo Kobayashi: They differ by that much?

      Yuriko Kamimura: The left one is plywood, the next one has metal fittings and carvings on both sides. And the most expensive one is solid cypress wood.

      Daigo Kobayashi: Oh, the difference is in material and decoration.

      Yuriko Kamimura: Yes, they all burn the same way.

      Daigo Kobayashi: Same ashes.

      Yuriko Kamimura: The last shopping of your life is done by others.

      Daigo Kobayashi: Kind of ironic.

    • Shokichi Hirata: Salmon?

      Daigo Kobayashi: [Watching the river] Ah, yes. They're right by the rocks... over there.

      Shokichi Hirata: [to the salmons swimming against the stream] Oh! Go for it!

      Daigo Kobayashi: It's kind of sad... to climb only to die. Why work so hard if you're going to die.

      Shokichi Hirata: I'm sure they want to go back... to their birthplace.