Our Departures

2018 2h 0m JA

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 18

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Synopsis

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Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kasumi Arimura
Akira Okuzono
Jun Kunimura
Setsuo Okuzono
Hitomi Miyauchi
Yuri Sasaki
Ryusei Kiyama
Shunya Okuzono
Houka Kinoshita
Masaki Aiba
Mariko Tsutsui
Yukie Kusunoki
Itsuji Itao
Toru Mizushima
Munetaka Aoki
Shuhei Okuzono

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida
Writers: Yasuhiro Yoshida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshida, shot by Kōzō Shibazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kazuyoshi Saito. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Masaki Murakami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kasumi Arimura and Jun Kunimura and Hitomi Miyauchi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7707988 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yasuhiro Yoshida directs. Kōzō Shibazaki behind the camera. Kazuyoshi Saito scores. Masaki Murakami cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 8 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshida, shot by Kōzō Shibazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kazuyoshi Saito. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Masaki Murakami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kasumi Arimura and Jun Kunimura and Hitomi Miyauchi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt7707988 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.