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Release Date:
September 13, 2008
Original Title:
おくりびと
Alternate Titles:
A Partida
Departures
Despedidas
Départs
Okuribito
入殓师
送行者,礼仪师之奏
굿' 바이
굿' 바이: Good & Bye
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Amuse Soft Entertainment
MBS
Sedic
Shochiku
Shogakukan
TBS
TBS Radio
The Asahi Shimbun
dentsu
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: AA AU: M BR: 12 DE: 12 JP: G KR: 12 NL: AL SE: Btl US: PG-13
Runtime: 130
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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Casting:
Takefumi Yoshikawa
Director:
Yojiro Takita
Director of Photography:
Takeshi Hamada
Editor:
Akimasa Kawashima
Executive Producer:
Yasuhiro Mase
Line Producer:
Hideharu Yamashita
Original Music Composer:
Joe Hisaishi
Producer:
Toshiaki Nakazawa
Ichirô Nobukuni
Toshihisa Watai
Production Design:
Fumio Ogawa
Screenplay:
Kundo Koyama
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