Departures
Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 8.40 pm
(12A) | Yôjirô Takita | Japan | 2008 | 131’ | Cast | Awards | Subtitles
Heartwarming and humourous, this Oscar-winning film has a lovely light touch as it reflects on the joys and wonder of life. After losing his job, Daigo Kobayashi moves back to his hometown to start over. He answers a classified ad entitled “Departures” believing it to be for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a “Nokanshi”, someone who prepares bodies for entry into the next life. Whilst his wife despises his profession and urges him to get another job, Daigo tells her “Death is normal”. Acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the deceased and their families, he begins to perfect the art of “Nokanshi”. A beautiful and sometimes comical journey with death, this becomes a moving celebration of life.
Ffilm yw hon sy’n adlewyrchu ar bleserau a rhyfeddodau bywyd. Mae Daigo yn cael swydd fel “Nokanshi” rhywun sy’n paratoi cyrff meirw ar gyfer y bywyd nesaf. Portread am farwolaeth, sydd weithiau’n ddigrif, ac sy’n troi’n ddathliad trawiadol o fywyd.