Departures is one of those entrancing, beautifully made and filmed Japanese movies. With great attention to detail and a quiet humour, it's the story of how a man deals with transitions in his life from his transition to his new job as a mortician, to the transitions that each family undergoes as they experience the death of a beloved family member. And the underlying transition of how he comes to terms with the father who deserted him when he was six years old.
It stars a cast so perfectly cast with the highly expressive Masahiro Motoki as the lead character, my heart ached for each character as their stories played out. It showed how each of the members was able to make their own transition in a way that led to reconciliation and new life even though death seems like the end. It's gentle inspiration for me and a very cathartic movie. One of those movies that help me value my own life and relationships more.
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