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  • Departures
  • Opened May 29, 2009 | Runtime:2 hr. 11 min.
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  • PG-13
    thematic material
  • Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) 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 Read More
  • Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano
  • Director: Yojiro Takita
  • Genres: Message Movie, Drama, Slice of Life

Departures Recent Fan Reviews

  • Departures
    by rileyshauna

    It was an awesome movie. I cried periodically though it. My parents loved it also....

  • One of the Best Movies I've Ever Seen!
    by pupmom

    Departures is a beautiful film. It is entertaining, engaging, wonderfully constructed, well acted, poignant, fascinating, and at times genuinely amusing. It even has a little suspense in it. Though...

  • DEAPARTURES = Extraordinary Cinema
    by lugubriousthespian

    Japanese director Yojiro Takita's Oscar-winning film DEPARTURES (it copped the best foreign film category) is well deserved. It is a suptuously crafted film of gentility and human emotions that is a...

Departures Critic Reviews

Metascore®68 out of 100 | Generally favorable reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The movie is uncommonly absorbing.

  • 90
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    Beautiful moments abound. In Departures, the contemplation of death prepares...

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Betsy Sharkey

    The film manages to be anything but dark; whimsy and sweet irony are laced...

  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Though events unravel predictably, the film is profoundly affecting, thanks to...

Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 3.3 out of 5
Metascore®:
68 out of 100 Generally favorable reviews

Departures Featured Trailers + Video Clips

Departures Movie Photos

  • Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sasaki, Kimiko Yo as Yuriko Kamimura and Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi in "Departures."
  • Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi and Ryoko Hirosue as Mika Kobayashi in "Departures."
  • Ryoko Hirosue as Mika Kobayash and Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi in "Departures."
  • Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi and Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sasaki in "Departures."
  • Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi in "Departures."
  • Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi and Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sasaki in "Departures."