Departures (2008)

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Departures, il film diretto da Yojiro Takita, vede protagonista il violoncellista Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki). Quando l'orchestra in cui suona si scioglie, l'uomo decide di abbandonare la carriera da musicista, lascia Tokyo e si trasferisce con la moglie Mika (Ryoko Hirosue) nella regione di Yamagata. Lì trova un annuncio per un "aiutante" che sembra offrire buone condizioni per un lavoro che lui crede essere in un agenzia di viaggi e si presenta per un colloquio in un ufficio in cui trova bare nuove allineate sul muro. Il proprietario della compagnia Sasaki (Tsutomu Yamazaki), lo assume dopo aver dato non più di uno sguardo al CV di Daigo; è a questo punto che Daigo chiede cosa faccia esattamente la compagnia e gli viene detto che il lavoro riguarda la preparazione cerimoniale dei corpi prima della cremazione. Daigo è riluttante, ma Sasaki insiste perché accetti il lavoro e lui acconsente, dicendo a alla moglie Mika che il lavoro riguarda "cerimonie". In questo modo comincia a viaggiare per Hirano, nella prefettura di Yamagata, con Sasaki. Una bellissima suicida, che risulta poi essere un ragazzo vestito da donna; un adolescente teppista morto in un incidente stradale, un'anziana nonna che ammirava gli ampi calzetti bianchi utilizzati dalle sue nipoti con le loro uniformi scolastiche: Daigo incontra la morte sotto vari aspetti e, nonostante sia incerto all'inizio, comincia a capire questo lavoro di "preparazione" e in qualche modo ad avere anche rispetto per la vita. Mika, tuttavia, scopre esattamente quale tipo di cerimonia comporti questo lavoro. Sconvolta, gli chiede di lasciare il posto e, quando lui rifiuta, se ne va dalla casa di famiglia per tornare a Tokyo... (Fonte: ComingSoon) Edit Translation

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  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Sep 13, 2008
  • Duration: 2 hr. 10 min.
  • Score: 8.4 (scored by 2,814 users)
  • Ranked: #882
  • Popularity: #4075
  • Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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AimlessBiscuit
26 people found this review helpful
Sep 5, 2012
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.5
The story is simply beautiful.

Death will happen, no matter what. But what is important how you treasure the presence of these people for as long as they live.

I love the way the actor showed such gentleness while embalming the dead. Every process was done so delicately and filled with respect to the deceased.

A very touching movie indeed. I cried more than twice in it.
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Grumpy Witch
27 people found this review helpful
Feb 17, 2012
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 8.0
Story: Death might not seem like an original plotline, for me it isn't, but the idea of doing a movie based on a "nokanshi"'s work seemed pretty interesting to me. I had never seen anyone do something like that. And It was, particularly, interesting to see the way they are viewed by friends and family.

Acting: I really liked the acting. The initial reactions everyone had, the way people mourned. I've never seen a "nokanshi" work, but the way the actors gave life to the ritual in those scenes through the movement of their hands, and body in general, made it look like art. It was beautiful and I felt fascinated by all of it.

The way the movie closed was also touching and beautiful.

Music: The music was excellent. It created the right atmosphere by intensifying the feelings and actions the actors were portraying or by creating a calm atmosphere when needed. It never felt like it didn't belonged.

One thing you should know before starting this movie is that it's not a terribly exciting like those with lots of action sequences. It has a slow kind of pace, but it's over before you know it because of the way the story flows and the way the music helps that flow. It also has a few minor comedic scenes tossed in there. I'm sure I'll eventually re-watch it.

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Details

  • Title: Departures
  • Type: Movie
  • Format: Feature Film
  • Country: Japan
  • Release Date: Sep 13, 2008
  • Duration: 2 hr. 10 min.
  • Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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  • Score: 8.4 (scored by 2,814 users)
  • Ranked: #882
  • Popularity: #4075
  • Watchers: 5,366

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