Okuribito /

おくりびと

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...

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Corporate Authors:	Sedikku Intānashonaru, E1 Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Nobukuni, Ichirō (Producer), Nakazawa, Toshiaki (Producer), Watarai, Toshihisa (Producer), Koyama, Kundō, 1964- (Screenwriter), Takita, Yōjirō, 1955- (Director), Motoki, Masahiro, 1965- (Actor), Hirosue, Ryōko, 1980- (Actor), Yo, Kimiko (Actor), Sugimoto, Tetta (Actor), Minegishi, Tōru, 1943-2008 (Actor), Yoshiyuki, Kazuko, 1935- (Actor), Sasano, T. (Takashi) (Actor), Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- (Actor)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[Port Washington, N.Y.] : E1 Entertainment, [2009]
Subjects:	Cellists > Japan > Drama. Undertakers and undertaking > Japan > Drama. Married people > Japan > Drama. Migration, Internal > Japan > Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Fiction films. Feature films.
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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 Description:	Originally released in 2008 as a motion picture. Special features: interview with director Yôjirô Takita. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 2.0 Dolby Digital or 5.1 surround sound.
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic elements.
Awards:	Academy Award, 2009: Best foreign language film. Awards of the Japanese Academy, 2009: Best actor, Best cinematography, Best director, Best editing, Best film, Best lighting, Best screenplay, Best sound, Best supporting actor (Yamazaki), Best supporting actress (Yo).
Production Credits:	Ongaku, Hisaishi Jō ; satsuei, Hamada Takeshi ; henshū, Kawashima Akimasa.
ISBN:	1417232919 9781417232918