Film

Departures at Kino Kika

The gift of last memories.

Drama · 130 min · 2008 · 56,962 IMDb votes

IMDb 8.0 Rotten Tomatoes 80% Metacritic 68 TMDB 7.8

Won 1 Oscar. 40 wins & 12 nominations total

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

Directed by Yojiro Takita

Cast

Masahiro Motoki

Daigo Kobayashi

Ryoko Hirosue

Mika Kobayashi

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ikuei Sasaki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Tsuyako Yamashita

Kimiko Yo

Yuriko Kamimura

Takashi Sasano

Shokichi Hirata

Tetta Sugimoto

Yamashita

Toru Minegishi

Yoshiki Kobayashi

Tatsuo Yamada

Togashi

Yukari Tachibana

Rie Yamashita