Departures [videorecording] = Okuribito / Regent/Her Media release of a Departures Film Partners presentation ; producers, Toshiaki Nakazawa, Toshihisa Watai ; screenplay by Kundo Koyama ; directed by Yojiro Takita.

Contributor Motoki, Masahiro, 1965-

Imprint:Port Washington, NY : E1 Entertainment, c2009.

Description1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Title from container.

Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Note:Special features include: interview with Yojiro Takita.

Note:When his orchestra disbands, cellist Daigo Kobayashi decides to start over by moving back to his small hometown. Desperate for work, he secretly takes a job as a nokanshi -- a funeral professional who prepares the deceased for burial and enterance into the next life. But while working with the families of the departed, Daigo embarks on a spiritual journey of his own as he finally experiences the joy and wonder of living.

Note : PerformerMasahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirusue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Tetta Sugimoto, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takashi Sasano.

Note: AwardsAcademy Award: Best Foreign Language Film (2009)

System Details NotesDigital video disc.

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