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Departures (Japanese Movie)

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805
of 2731

Description: Daigo Kobayashi, who was a cellist in an orchestra which had just been dissolved, suddenly is thrown out onto the streets without a job and hope for life. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife. However, his life is revived when he starts working as an "encoffineer." He cleans up the body, places the dead into the coffin, and sends the dead to the next world in the best way possible? he is the gatekeeper between life and death. The job is despised by his wife and the people around him, but through the "Deaths" that he encounters, he finally starts to find what "Life" is all about.

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Very Human - By Tre

90%

Departures Reviewed by Tre

This film is such a warm piece, with moments of humor and dignity. While this is a film about a man who deals with death every day, it instead shows how he learns more about those who are living and how to live better himself. Worth your time!.

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