Departures (Okuribito, 2008)

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Poll Rate it: Okuribito (2008)

Trivia : The Japanese title "Okuribito" means "sending away/off person" - but this word is not normally used in Japanese. -- derralf

Comments

[turk_diddler]

I really liked this one, mature moving stuff, it's heavy material tenderly dealt with, including touches of typically absurd Japanese humour. Its only two let downs are overuse of the theme music and a somewhat contrived ending.