---
title: 'Departures (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yōjirō Takita'
released: '2008-08-23'
runtime_minutes: 131
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/departures-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1069238/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Departures (2008)

2008 · PG-13 · 131 min · Drama, Music · Japan

Original title: おくりびと

## Synopsis

Departures  is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki. The film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and stumbles across work as a nōkanshi—a traditional Japanese ritual mortician. He is subjected to prejudice from those around him, including from his wife, because of strong social taboos against people who deal with death. Eventually he repairs these interpersonal connections through the beauty and dignity of his work.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yōjirō Takita](https://cinepixo.com/people/yojiro-takita)
- **Screenplay:** [Aoki Shinmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/aoki-shinmon), [Kundō Koyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/kundo-koyama)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Joe Hisaishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-hisaishi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Takeshi Hamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-hamada)
- **Editor:** [Akimasa Kawashima](https://cinepixo.com/people/akimasa-kawashima)

## Cast

- [Sanae Miyata](https://cinepixo.com/people/sanae-miyata)
- [Tatsuhito Okuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuhito-okuda)
- [Mitsuyo Hoshino](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuyo-hoshino)
- [Tarō Suwa](https://cinepixo.com/people/taro-suwa)
- [Yukimi Koyanagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yukimi-koyanagi)
- [Masahiro Motoki](https://cinepixo.com/people/masahiro-motoki)
- [Takao Toji](https://cinepixo.com/people/takao-toji)
- [Tatsuo Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuo-yamada)
- [Ryōsuke Ōtani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryosuke-otani)
- [Kimiko Yo](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimiko-yo)
- [Yukiko Tachibana](https://cinepixo.com/people/yukiko-tachibana)
- [Yūji Kido](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuji-kido)
- [Akemi Fuji](https://cinepixo.com/people/akemi-fuji)
- [Norichika Iimori](https://cinepixo.com/people/norichika-iimori)
- [Mari Hayashida](https://cinepixo.com/people/mari-hayashida)

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Official site: http://www.departures-themovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/departures-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1044598); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.