Winner in the Foreign Language Category at the 81st Academy Awards, “Departures” debuted in theatres across America on May 29th. The film tell the story of Daigo, a man who by chance becomes a “Nokanshi,” a person who prepares bodies for burial, and through a series of events becomes drawn deeper and deeper into the [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2009 by JNTO Friends
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