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Departures
Dir.: Yojiro Takita | 130 minutes

Departures

Japan 2008 | 130 minutes | Japanese | Hebrew subtitles

When the orchestra where he plays the cello is dissolved, Daigo and his wife return to his village in northern Japan. He finds a job in a funeral home, and as strange as it may sound - it appears that preparing the deceased bodies for burial may be his true calling.