Departures

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

• dying and death
• funeral
• octopus
• coffin
• cello
• musical
• based on memoir or autobiography
• odd job
• yamagata
• hopeful