Departures (2008)
| Release Date | 23 August 2008 |
| US Box Office | $2,000,000 |
| Tagline | The gift of last memories |
| Genre | Drama, Music |
| Country | Japan |
| Filming Locations | Sakata, Yamagata, Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Message Movie |
| Mood | Food for Thought |
| Themes | Coming Home, Small-Town Life, Journey of Self-Discovery, Facing Death |
| Tones | Understated, Reflective |
| Tags | Bureaucrat, Cello, Corpse, Death, Hopelessness, Orchestra, Undertaker, Unemployment |
Departures Okuribito) is a 2008 Japanese film by Yojiro Takita. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Oscars in 2009. In Japan, it has earned $61,010,217, as of April 12, 2009.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ikuei Sasaki
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Tsuyako Yamashita
Kimiko Yo
Yuriko Kamimura
Tôru Minegishi
Yoshiki Kobayashi
Tatsuo Yamada
Togashi
Tarô Ishida
Sonezaki
Sanae Miyata
Naomi Togashi
Ryôsuke Ôtani
Tomeo's father
Mitsuyo Hoshino
Kazuko Kobayashi
Director
Yôjirô Takita
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Producer
Kundô Koyama
writer
Yasuhiro Mase
executive producer
Toshiaki Nakazawa
producer
Ichirô Nobukuni
producer
Toshihisa Watai
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Takeshi Hamada
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Editor
Akimasa Kawashima
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Casting Director
Takefumi Yoshikawa
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Production Designer
Fumio Ogawa
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Makeup Department
Etsuko Egawa
special makeup effects artist
Iaso Tsuge
beauty director
Sound Department
Osamu Onodera
sound editor
Satoshi Ozaki
sound
Camera and Electrical Department
Hitoshi Takaya
gaffer
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katsuhiko Kitamura
costume supervisor
Editorial Department
Yoshiko Fumoto
first assistant editor
Other Crew
Adam D. Wright
distribution executive
Production Company
Amuse Soft Entertainment
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Asahi Shimbunsha
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Dentsu
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Departures Film Partners
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Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) K.K.
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Sedic
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Shochiku Company
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Shogakukan
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Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
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Distributor
Shochiku Company
Studio S Entertainment
Wild Bunch Benelux
Alfa Films
Arrow Films
CN Entertainment
E1 Entertainment
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Emperor Motion Pictures
Golden Screen Cinemas
Golden Village Entertainment
KD Media
KOOL Filmdistribution
Lark Films Distribution
Madman Entertainment
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Metropolitan Filmexport
Paris Filmes
Regent Releasing
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Studio S
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE)
Videorama
Zeus Films
Miscellaneous
Continental Far East
Dolby consultant
Imagica
film processing and prints
Kodak Japan
film stock supplied by
Nihon Shomei Co.
lighting equipment supplied by
Sanwa Cine Equipment
camera equipment supplied by
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