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.

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Film Cast:

• Daigo Kobayashi: Masahiro Motoki
• Mika Kobayashi: Ryoko Hirosue
• Ikuei Sasaki: Tsutomu Yamazaki
• Tsuyako Yamashita: Kazuko Yoshiyuki
• Yuriko Kamimura: Kimiko Yo
• Shokichi Hirata: Takashi Sasano
• Yamashita: Tetta Sugimoto
• Yoshiki Kobayashi: Tōru Minegishi
• Togashi: Tatsuo Yamada
• …: Yukari Tachibana
• Sonezaki: Taro Ishida
• Naomi Togashi: Sanae Miyata
• Tomeo’s father: Ryosuke Otani

Film Crew:

• Original Music Composer: Joe Hisaishi
• Casting: Takefumi Yoshikawa
• Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa
• Director: Yojiro Takita
• Screenplay: Kundô Koyama
• Director of Photography: Takeshi Hamada
• Editor: Akimasa Kawashima
• Production Design: Fumio Ogawa
• Executive Producer: Yasuhiro Mase
• Producer: Ichirô Nobukuni
• Producer: Toshihisa Watai
• Line Producer: Hideharu Yamashita

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