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Foreign Language Film

Departures

Japan

Directed by Yojiro Takita

 

ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY

This is the twelfth Academy Award nomination for Japan. Previous nominations were:

 

    * THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (2003) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * MUDDY RIVER (1981) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * KAGEMUSHA (THE SHADOW WARRIOR) (1980) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * SANDAKAN NO. 8 (1975) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * DODES'KA-DEN (1971) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * PORTRAIT OF CHIEKO (1967) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * KWAIDAN (1965) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * WOMAN IN THE DUNES (1964) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * TWIN SISTERS OF KYOTO (1963) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * IMMORTAL LOVE (1961) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

    * HARP OF BURMA (1956) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

 

Additionally, Japan received three Special/Honorary Awards prior to the establishment of Foreign Language Film as a regular category in 1956:

 

    * SAMURAI, THE LEGEND OF MUSASHI (1955) -- Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

    * GATE OF HELL (1954) -- Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

    * RASHOMON (1951) -- Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

 

FILM SYNOPSIS

When cellist Daigo Kobayashi finds himself unemployed, he returns with his wife to his hometown and answers an ad he believes has been placed by a travel agency. The available position, however, turns out to be with a company that prepares corpses for cremation--an elaborate ritual for which the stunned Daigo proves to have a surprising aptitude.

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