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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 131 minutes

Log Line

Winer of the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, DEPARTURES is an emotional, inspiring and often amusing story that has all the ingredients of the next 'Life is Beautiful.'

Year of production : 2008

Director(s) : Yojiro TAKITA
Writer(s) : Kundo KOYAMA
Cast : Masahiro MOTOKI, Tsutomu YAMAZAKI, Ryoko HIROSUE, Kimiko YO

Producer(s) : Toshiaki NAKAZAWA, Toshihisa WATAI

Synopsis

DEPARTURES is a beautiful and unusual love story that surprises you with bursts of humor, that moves you with its detail and its humanity - whilst at the same time giving an extraordinary insight into a complex and unique culture. It's a film that will make you laugh and cry - but above all, leaves you with one overriding feeling...joy.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

Start of shooting : February 2007

AUSTRALIA MADMAN ENTERTAI
BELGIUM Nov 04, 2009 IMAGINE FILM DI
CHINA TIME-IN-PORTRAI
COLOMBIA CINE COLOMBIA S
DENMARK Nov 06, 2009 MIRACLE FILM DI
FRANCE Jun 03, 2009 METROPOLITAN FI
GERMANY Nov 26, 2009 KOOL FILMDISTRI
GREECE Mar 12, 2009 VIDEORAMA FILMS
HONG KONG Sep 13, 2008 KAIROS DISTRIBU
HONG KONG EMPEROR MOTION
ISRAEL LEV CINEMAS LTD
ITALY UDINE FAR EAST
ITALY Apr 09, 2010 TUCKER FILM (UD
JAPAN SHOCHIKU CO., L
NETHERLAND SEPTEMBER FILM
NORWAY ACTIONFILM
POLAND VIVARTO
RUSSIA RUSSIAN REPORT
SPAIN Jul 03, 2009 GOLEM DISTRIBUC
SWEDEN GÖTEBORG FILM F
SWEDEN STUDIO S ENTERT
UNITED KIN CHANNEL FOUR TE
USA REQUIRED VIEWIN

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