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Synopsis

"Departures" follows Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki), a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and who is suddenly left without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
5/29/2009	33		$74,945		9	$8,327	$74,945	3
6/5/2009	32		$86,214	+15.04%	16	$5,388	$191,153	10
6/12/2009	30		$95,514	+10.79%	23	$4,153	$325,520	17
6/19/2009	29		$102,822	+7.65%	27	$3,808	$476,108	24
6/26/2009	34		$82,333	-19.93%	26	$3,167	$612,518	31
7/3/2009	37		$69,905	-15.09%	23	$3,039	$734,793	38
7/10/2009	38		$60,352	-13.67%	24	$2,515	$831,018	45
7/17/2009	37		$53,129	-11.97%	21	$2,530	$915,370	52
7/24/2009	43		$46,750	-12.01%	20	$2,338	$992,666	59
7/31/2009	48		$47,656	+1.94%	25	$1,906	$1,068,076	66
8/7/2009	49		$37,016	-22.33%	23	$1,609	$1,132,371	73
8/14/2009	53		$30,390	-17.90%	26	$1,169	$1,184,530	80
8/21/2009	53		$29,765	-2.06%	20	$1,488	$1,232,944	87
8/28/2009	49		$29,438	-1.10%	20	$1,472	$1,279,245	94
9/4/2009	64		$20,192	-31.41%	16	$1,262	$1,315,985	101
9/11/2009	69		$13,595	-32.67%	14	$971	$1,343,723	108
9/18/2009	62		$19,551	+43.81%	20	$978	$1,369,856	115
9/25/2009	79		$13,269	-32.13%	18	$737	$1,391,017	122
10/2/2009	79		$9,520	-28.25%	11	$865	$1,406,938	129
10/9/2009	79		$9,691	+1.80%	10	$969	$1,423,333	136
10/16/2009	78		$9,484	-2.14%	9	$1,054	$1,440,135	143
10/23/2009	81		$8,674	-8.54%	8	$1,084	$1,453,706	150
10/30/2009	81		$7,959	-8.24%	8	$995	$1,465,987	157
11/6/2009	89		$3,725	-53.20%	4	$931	$1,473,156	164
11/13/2009	90		$5,324	+42.93%	5	$1,065	$1,482,650	171
11/20/2009	104		$1,870	-64.88%	3	$623	$1,487,899	178
11/27/2009	86		$3,255	+74.06%	5	$651	$1,489,286	185
12/4/2009	114		$94	-97.11%	1	$94	$1,490,694	192
12/11/2009	108		$66	-29.79%	1	$66	$1,490,792	199
12/18/2009	97		$160	+142.42%	1	$160	$1,536,234	206
1/1/2010	74		$1,004		2	$502	$1,537,546	220
1/8/2010	88		$657	-34.56%	2	$329	$1,538,494	227
1/15/2010	91		$132	-79.91%	1	$132	$1,538,649	234
1/22/2010	78		$1,350	+922.73%	2	$675	$1,540,023	241
1/29/2010	103		$150	-88.89%	1	$150	$1,540,371	248
2/5/2010	113		$114	-24.00%	1	$114	$1,540,694	255
6/11/2010	111		$1,026		1	$1,026	$1,542,503	381
6/18/2010	113		$368	-64.13%	1	$368	$1,542,989	388

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
9/7/2009	54		$6,941		16	$434	$1,322,926	102
1/18/2010	73		$24		1	$24	$1,538,673	235

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2008-09-18	19		$6,065,332		220	$27,570	$6,065,332
2008-09-25	21		$4,900,258	-19.21%	220	$22,274	$10,965,590
2008-10-02	25		$4,108,096	-16.17%	220	$18,673	$15,073,686

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