Departures Blu-ray Movie

Overview

Departures (2008)

Daigo Kobayashi is a young married cellist who played in an orchestra that has just been disbanded. Suddenly on the street without a job, Daigo decides to move back to his hometown with his wife. There he gets a job as an undertaker. He sees himself as a sort of gatekeeper between life and death. However, Daigo's work is despised by all the people around him. But it is through his relationship with death on a daily basis that Daigo begins to understand what life is really about.

Starring: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryôko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takashi Sasano
Director: Yôjirô Takita

Foreign	100%
Drama	39%
Music	4%

Specifications

• Video

  Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
  Video resolution: 1080i
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  

• Audio

  Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
  

• Subtitles

  Dutch
  

• Discs

  50GB Blu-ray Disc
  Single disc (1 BD)
  

• Playback

  Region B (A, C untested)

Review

Departures Blu-ray Movie Review

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  Departures Blu-ray Movie    

  おくりびと / Okuribito

  Arrow | 2008 | 130 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | May 10, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

  
  

  Daigo Kobayashi is a young married cellist who played in an orchestra that has just been disbanded. Suddenly on the street without a job, Daigo decides to move back to his hometown with his wife. There he gets a job as an undertaker. He sees himself as a sort of gatekeeper between life and death. However, Daigo's work is despised by all the people around him. But it is through his relationship with death on a daily basis that Daigo begins to understand what life is really about.

  
  

  Drama / Music / Foreign

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