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Departures is a dramatic Japanese film. The movie is loosely based on a memoir film, in which a cellist returns home after his music career has failed. He becomes a mortician, and is shunned by certain of society, including his wife, as there is a stigma connected to people who deal with the dead. However, the cellist learns to find beauty and a favorable reputation through his work.

Departures is a 2008 drama with a runtime of 2 hours and 11 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 8.0 and a MetaScore of 68.