The gift of last memories
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoki Hirosue, Kazuko Toshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano |
Director |
Yôjirô Takita |
Screenplay | Kundo Koyama |
Music | Joe Hisaishi |
Cinematography | Takeshi Hamada |
Editing | Akimasa Kawashima |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2008 |
Produced by | Amuse Soft Entertainment, Asahi Shimbunsha, Dentsu, Mainichi Hoso, Sedic, Shochiku Company, Shogakukan, TBS |
Official Site | IMDB page
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Mild |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | None |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | Japanese award-winning film. Finely scripted, sensitively and beautifully produced |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith There is life to be found after death | 15 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople 'n intense,geestelike ervaaring | 20 | |
Cape Times Betsy Sharkey Powerful themes gently handled | 15 | |
Box Office John P. McCarthy Too long and glacially paced to catch fire in international markets. | 8 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 20 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson | 5 | |
Metacritic.com 16 critics | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 77 critics | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer If slow and predictable, Departures is a quiet, life affirming story. | 16 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 4704 Netizens The odd job. | 16 | |
Average .. 71% | 14 |