Departures [videorecording] / a Regent/Here media ; screenplay by Kundo Koyama ; produced by Toshiaki Nakazawa and Toshihisa Watai ; directed by Yojiro Takita.
Contributor(s): Takita, Yojiro | Motoki, Masahiro | Hirosue, Ryöko | Yamazaki, Tsutomu | E1 Entertainment (Firm).
Publisher: [United States] : E1 Entertainment, 2009Description: 1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 1417232919; 9781417232918.Subject(s): Violoncellists -- Japan -- Drama | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Japan -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372 Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki.Summary: Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He 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. He discovers 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, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TC | 791.4372 DEP 2009 (Browse shelf) | DVD Video | 1 | Available | CALSH,25000,01,GR | 1000525357 |
Originally released as the motion picture "Okuribito" in 2008.
Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki.
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He 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. He discovers 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, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed.
DVD NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 2.0 Dolby Digital or 5.1 surround sound
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.