Departures - Hirosue Ryoko, Motoki Masahiro (R3 DVD)

Release Date:  25 June 2009

Distributor: CN Entertainment
Region Code: 3
Video: NTSC, Colour
Audio: Japanese dts/ Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitle: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Running Time: 130 mins 
No. of Disc: 2

Cast: Hirosue Ryoko, Motoki Masahiro, Yoshiyuki Kazuko, Yamazaki Tsutomu
Director: Yojiro Takita

Synopsis: 
Daigo Kobayashi is a cellist whose dream is shattered when his Tokyo orchestra suddenly closes down. Left with no choice but to sell his prized cello, Daigo returns with his wife Mika to his late mother’s house, deep in the Japanese countryside.
In need of money, Daigo responds to an ad in the paper for a job in ‘Departures’, mistakenly thinking that it might be somehow related to travel. But to his complete surprise Daigo finds he has applied for a position as an ‘encoffineer’ – a man who performs the delicate and traditional Japanese ritual of preparing the bodies of the recently deceased for their departure to the next life – and without having time to think about it, he accepts the job…

Academy Awards 2009 - Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Rooster Award (Chinese Academy Award) - Best Picture, Director and Actor
Montreal World Film Festival - Grand Prix Des Americas
Hochi Film Award – Best Film Award
Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix – Best Films, Best Director Award
Hawaii World Film Festival - Audience Award

Special Features:
Making Of
Unseen Footage
Trailer
Photo Gallery

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