Departures

Departures 2009

8.1/10

NETFLIX Rating : 4

IMDB Rating : 8.1

FD Smart Rating : 8.1

Synopsis : This travel series follows friends Scott Wilson and Justin Lukach around the world, chronicling their adventures and the challenges they encounter.

Regions Available ( 19 ) : show...
Australia , Bangladesh , Canada , Gibraltar , India , Ireland , Macao , Maldives , Morocco , Nepal , New Zealand , Oman , Pakistan , Puerto Rico , South Africa , Sri Lanka , United Kingdom , United States , Argentina

Actors:

Justin Lukach , Scott Wilson

Languages:

English [Original] , English

Subtitles:

English

Genres:

Drama, Music

Release Date:

2009

Run Time:

na

Maturity Rating:

Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo 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 only to discover 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 of 'Nokanshi,' acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.

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