Daigo Kobayashi, antiguo violoncelista, consigue un empleo como enterrador. Daigo descubrirá en el ritual de muerte el sentido que le faltaba a su propia vida.

The surprise winner of the 2009 Oscar® for Best Foreign Film, beating out The Class and Waltz with Bashir, Departures is a delicate, almost screwball drama—and a film that affirms life most of all. Just three years after its release, Roger Ebert added it to his “Great Movies” canon.