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Departures (2008)

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Departures

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Director

  • Yôjirô Takita
    Yôjirô Takita

Writer

  • Kundô Koyama
    Kundô Koyama
    screenplay

Cast

(in credits order)
  • Masahiro Motoki in Departures (2008)
    Masahiro Motoki
    Masahiro Motoki
    Daigo Kobayashi
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki in Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
    Tsutomu Yamazaki
    Tsutomu Yamazaki
    Ikuei Sasaki
  • Ryôko Hirosue in Key of Life (2012)
    Ryôko Hirosue
    Ryôko Hirosue
    Mika Kobayashi
  • Kazuko Yoshiyuki in Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
    Kazuko Yoshiyuki
    Kazuko Yoshiyuki
    Tsuyako Yamashita
  • Kimiko Yo
    Kimiko Yo
    Kimiko Yo
    Yuriko Uemura
  • Takashi Sasano
    Takashi Sasano
    Shokichi Hirata
  • Tetta Sugimoto
    Tetta Sugimoto
    Yamashita
  • Tôru Minegishi
    Tôru Minegishi
    Yoshiki Kobayashi
  • Tatsuo Yamada
    Tatsuo Yamada
    Togashi
  • Yukari Tachibana
    Yukari Tachibana
  • Tarô Ishida
    Tarô Ishida
    Sonezaki
  • Sanae Miyata
    Sanae Miyata
    Naomi Togashi
  • Ryôsuke Ôtani
    Ryôsuke Ôtani
    Tomeo's father
  • Mitsuyo Hoshino
    Mitsuyo Hoshino
    Kazuko Kobayashi
  • Miyuki Komatsu, Ikuji Nakamura, Sota Aoyama, Shin Shimizu, Akira Sato, Tatsuhito Okuda, and Jun Asaka in Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
    Tatsuhito Okuda
    Tatsuhito Okuda
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Akemi Fuji
    Akemi Fuji
  • Miyako Hattori
    Miyako Hattori
    Grandmother
  • Mari Hayashida
    Mari Hayashida
  • Shinji Hiwatashi
    Shinji Hiwatashi
  • Norichika Iimori
    Norichika Iimori
  • Yôko Imamoto
    Yôko Imamoto
    (as Yoko Imamoto)
  • Kei Kawai
    Kei Kawai
  • Yûji Kido
    Yûji Kido
    Assistant Director
  • Hiroyuki Kishi in Like Someone in Love (2012)
    Hiroyuki Kishi
    Hiroyuki Kishi
    Tomeyo's Uncle
  • Yukimi Koyanagi
    Yukimi Koyanagi
  • Mina Kudo
    Mina Kudo
  • Yûki Mashita
    Yûki Mashita
  • Kenzô Ryû
    Kenzô Ryû
    (as Kenzou Ryu)
  • Pablo Sacco
    Pablo Sacco
    Instrument dealer
  • Sadami Sakamoto
    Sadami Sakamoto
    Orchestra Manager
  • Takejyu Sato
    Takejyu Sato
    Togashi's Relative
  • Sayuri Shirai
    Sayuri Shirai
    Tomeo
  • Genjitsu Shu
    Genjitsu Shu
  • Tarô Suwa
    Tarô Suwa
    Tarô Suwa
    Angry father at embalming session
  • Ryôichi Suzuki
    Ryôichi Suzuki
  • Yukiko Tachibana
    Yukiko Tachibana
  • Masaaki Takarai
    Masaaki Takarai
    Masaaki Takarai
    Orchestra member
  • Takao Toji
    Takao Toji
  • Rin Uchida
    Rin Uchida
    Young Daigo
  • Atsushi Yamanaka
    Atsushi Yamanaka
  • Miki Hayashida
    Miki Hayashida
    Okuyamakenomusume
    (uncredited)

Producers

  • Yasuhiro Mase
    Yasuhiro Mase
    executive producer
  • Toshiaki Nakazawa
    Toshiaki Nakazawa
    producer
  • Ichirô Nobukuni
    Ichirô Nobukuni
    producer
  • Toshihisa Watai
    Toshihisa Watai
    producer
  • Hideharu Yamashita
    Hideharu Yamashita
    line producer

Composer

  • Joe Hisaishi
    Joe Hisaishi

Cinematographer

  • Takeshi Hamada
    Takeshi Hamada
    director of photography

Editor

  • Akimasa Kawashima
    Akimasa Kawashima

Casting Director

  • Takefumi Yoshikawa
    Takefumi Yoshikawa

Production Designer

  • Fumio Ogawa
    Fumio Ogawa

Art Director

  • Ilan Wainstein
    Ilan Wainstein
    art director (art direction)

Makeup Department

  • Etsuko Egawa
    Etsuko Egawa
    special makeup effects artist
  • Isao Tsuge
    Isao Tsuge
    beauty director

Sound Department

  • Osamu Onodera
    Osamu Onodera
    sound editor
  • Satoshi Ozaki
    Satoshi Ozaki
    sound

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Hitoshi Takaya
    Hitoshi Takaya
    gaffer

Costume Department

  • Katsuhiko Kitamura
    Katsuhiko Kitamura
    costume supervisor

Editorial Department

  • Yoshiko Fumoto
    Yoshiko Fumoto
    first assistant editor

Music Department

  • Hiroyuki Akita
    Hiroyuki Akita
    music engineer / music mixer
  • Nobuo Furukawa
    Nobuo Furukawa
    musician: cello
  • Joe Hisaishi
    Joe Hisaishi
    conductor / music arranger / music producer / orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

  • Helene Nielsen Beal
    Helene Nielsen Beal
    director of distribution
  • Jamie Carmichael
    Jamie Carmichael
    President: ContentFilm International
  • Yelena Makarczyk
    Yelena Makarczyk
    localization
  • Adam D. Wright
    Adam D. Wright
    distribution executive (uncredited)

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