Movies with Masahiro Motoki

Departures

Genres: Drama, Music

Starring: Kimiko Yo, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tôru Minegishi, Tarô Ishida, Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue

Directors: Yôjirô Takita

Country: Japan

Year: 2008

Available Quality: Hi Def

Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between ...