Nokan : die Kunst des Ausklangs Departures
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Nokan : die Kunst des Ausklangs = Departures
Koolfilm, 2010
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In German and Japanese with German subtitles
Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Credits: directed by Yojiro Takita; screenplay by Kundo Koyama
Extras: Interview with Takita (16 min. English)
Originally released in Japan, 2008
Rated 12 and up
Summary: Daigo Kobayashi, a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved, is left suddenly without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife, Mika 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
