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Daigo Kobayashi is a young married cellist who played in an orchestra that has just been disbanded. Suddenly on the street without a job, Daigo decides to move back to his hometown with his wife. There he gets a job as an undertaker. He sees himself as a sort of gatekeeper between life and death. However, Daigo's work is despised by all the people around him. But it is through his relationship with death on a daily basis that Daigo begins to understand what life is really about.
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| Also Known As: |
Departures
Okuribito
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Art/Foreign and Drama |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 11 min. |
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| Release Date: |
May 29th, 2009 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for thematic material. |
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| Distributors: |
Here Films
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| Production Co.: |
Asahi Shimbunsha, Dentsu, Mainichi Hoso, Sedic International Inc, Shochiku Company, Ltd., Shogakukan Production Company, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$1,536,234 |
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| Produced in: |
Japan |
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