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Overview

User Rating:
8.2/10   4,899 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Kundo Koyama (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 September 2008 (Japan) more
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Tagline:
The gift of last memories
Plot:
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 31 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(21 articles)
‘Departures’ - The “Ticket Stubs Review”
 (From MovieSet.com. 1 September 2009, 12:08 PM, PDT)

Departures (Okuribito)
 (From Scorecard Review. 5 July 2009, 12:53 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Remarkable Movie, Deserved the Oscar more (37 total)

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Also Known As:
Departures (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic material.
Runtime:
130 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #45351) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:12A | Australia:M
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Japan's contender for the 2009 foreign language Oscar. more
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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#26.35)" (2009) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Remarkable Movie, Deserved the Oscar, 22 April 2009
9/10
Author: smexpert from Turkey

Many things can be told about this movie;How it remarkably handle the "Dead" issue, Meaning of life, family relations etc... But What I've mostly grasped from the movie is (I also witnessed that during my 6 months of stay in Japan) that the way the Japanese people do their job. Absolutely devoted, in perfect patience and discipline. No matter What they are doing and What the salary is... They could be a Waitress,a Garbage man or as in the movie; an encoffiner. They just concentrate and do their job. So if you got bored from your job, I simply recommend you watch this movie and compare yourself with the Guy in the Lead role.And think again.

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