Departures

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Han S Jan 11, 2019 If you don't like this movie you simply don't have a heart and deserve to have your body chucked into the ground like a piece of garbage unlike how the film portrays death. See more

Anakin R Nov 3, 2018 Undertaking is an important occupation in Japan, I gather, but not a respectable one. A film of lyrical beauty that manages to both move and amuse, all while reforming an undeserved social taboo. See more

Han L Sep 15, 2018 Moving, engaging, thought-provoking movie. When his orchestra is dissolved, cellist Daigo Kobayashi is left unemployed. He and his wife move back to his home town where he answers a job ad, working with 'Departures'. He gets and takes the job, thinking it's a travel agency, but it turns out it involves preparing people for cremation or burial. Is he cut out for this and what will his wife and friends think? Great movie. Engaging story, as we follow Daigo and how his unexpected, and largely unwanted, role changes his life. Quite emotional as we see the effect his work has on people, how people respond to knowing this is the last they'll see of a loved one and how death can leave to recriminations and falling outs among family and friends. Thought-provoking, as we are left to ponder our own lives and how we handle death. Won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2009. See more

Kylo M Jul 4, 2018 Es interesante pensar en que en la muerte es donde encuentras el significado de vivir.

Anakin S Sep 12, 2017 A beautiful-yet-simple tale, Yojiro Takita's film is a humble delight in which the adversity of death is explored in a rather engaging way, apart from its enjoyable cast and thought-provoking script, the movie benefits, as well, from a beautiful direction, a captivating soundtrack and, of course, a deep analysis regarding the value of life, the appreciation of it, and the profound heartbreaking conception of loss and death. See more

Hagrid S Feb 16, 2017 "Departures" memberikan sebuah perjalanan emosi bagi penontonnya, dengan penggambaran Daigo dan kehidupannya. Film ini juga memberikan pandangan yang cukup mendalam akan tradisi pelepasan jenazah ala masyarakat Jepang dan filosofi lain mengenai kematian. Tidak heran bagi saya bila film dengan keunikan seperti ini sempat meraih penghargaan Best Foreign Language Film pada ajang Academy Awards 2010. See more

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