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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date2008-09-13
Languageja
Runtime2h 10m
Revenue$69,932,387
Production

TBS, Amuse Soft Entertainment, MBS, Sedic, Shogakukan, TBS Radio, Shochiku, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun

7.8(962)
•2008•2h 10m

Departures

"The gift of last memories."

Overview

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

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