Departures
Movie • 2008 • Drama
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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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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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The protagonist was abandoned by a parent. A side character is a parent who admits she abandoned her child.
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There is a scene where the protagonist and his wife have a heated argument. There is no violence (aside from him reaching out to touch her, and her pushing him away with necessary force), but some yelling.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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but the protagonist avoids telling the wife about major things (taking on a massive debt, taking on a job he knows she won't like)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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but the protagonist's wife follows him one day to see what he's hiding
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Addiction
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strangeling
At the beginning of the film an octopus dies.
At a few points recently deceased animals are shown in kitchens.
At a few points recently deceased animals are shown in kitchens.
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Is there a dead animal?
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The protagonist and his wife realize an octopus they purchased for dinner is still alive. They go to release it in the water, but when they throw it in it just floats on the surface, apparently dead.
The protagonist comes home and his wife has butchered a freshly killed chicken. The parts of the chicken (including feet and the head) are in a large dish.
The main character is watching salmon swim upstream and at two points watches a dead fish float on the water's surface.
The protagonist comes home and his wife has butchered a freshly killed chicken. The parts of the chicken (including feet and the head) are in a large dish.
The main character is watching salmon swim upstream and at two points watches a dead fish float on the water's surface.
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Are there bugs?
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The first job the protagonist goes on is for someone who has been deceased in their home for an extended period of time. There is rotting food and bugs all over it. They are shown briefly and then not shown again. Afterwards, there is the faint sound of a bug flying (a buzzing sound) but nothing is shown.
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Assault
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I would say no, however there is a sequence where the male lead suddenly starts trying to undress his wife. She tells him "No, stop" and he continues to unbutton her pants and pull them down. The wife doesn't seem afraid, more alarmed that he wants to have sex in the kitchen. She says, "Not here!".
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Is someone restrained?
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It is super brief in intense scenes at funeral services. Very ambiguous.
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Is someone burned alive?
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There is a cremation scene towards the end of the movie, we know the person is deceased. It is a long scene.
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Is there a hanging?
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Only mentioned once in passing regarding the manner of death of someone. Not shown.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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However, you do hear some people dry heave or choke on sobs.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Not sure how much this counts: there are corpses involved in this film very prominently. We do not ever see someone go through the dying process
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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The protagonist is helping to film an instructional video about preparing a corpse. His boss tries to demonstrate shaving, and nicks the protagonist on the cheek with the razor. The protagonist bleeds and freaks out a bit.
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Does a kid die?
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strangeling
During a montage sequence several shots of a child's funeral/memorial service are shown. It is open casket and we see the child. Another service is shown for a teenage girl and her body is seen as makeup is applied by the mortician.
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Death
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Drugs/Alcohol
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I believe one of the decedents is implied to have died due to drugs.
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Does someone cheat?
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Mentioned
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Is there a shower scene?
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the dudes spend a lot of time in the bathhouses. nudity but no genitals shown
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Gross
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Protagonist retches and vomits during his first job.
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Is there audio gore?
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Gagging sounds, vomit
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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However, there is reference to someone doing so after dying while giving instructions for preparing a corpse.
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The protagonist prepares bodies for funerals. He works with more than one victim of suicide. Their manner of deaths are mentioned briefly by in passing a couple times. Nothing is shown regarding their manner of death.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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a (dead) person is put into a cremator and the camera shot is from inside the cremator showing the coffin sliding in
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Daigo gets anxiety at times (like when he is being shaved for the instructional video, or when he encounters something unexpected while preparing a corpse)
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Is there misophonia?
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Two characters eat seafood dumplings with loud slurping sounds.
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Noxious
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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There is a pregnancy mentioned in passing (however it is a major plot event) later in the film. It is only referred to verbally once or twice.
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Prejudice
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During a ceremony, the funeral workers discover that a deceased woman they are preparing has a p***s They then ask the family if they want the final makeup/look to be "woman or man". The family discusses briefly, and the mother notes, "If he'd just been born a girl from the beginning we could have avoided all this." The family ultimately affirms the decision to bury the woman with a female look (affirming the woman's gender). The photo they use in mourning is of their child gender affirmed (ie a photo of her presenting as a woman). After the ceremony, the father approaches the main characters and says that after his child began dressing as a woman, they fought and didn't talk. But seeing the child's smile made him realize, "He may dress like a girl, but he's still my son." (The point of this comment seems to mean "He's still my child" not "He's still really a boy.")The father uses male pronouns through this whole conversation.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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The first person we see the morticians care for is a deceased transwoman.
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Is there hate speech?
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Not quite hate speech, but Daigo receives judgment and poor treatment at times for his profession, as those who work with the dead are traditionally seen as "unclean" and stigmatized in Japan.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Are there nude scenes?
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There's a nude scene when the protagonist goes to a bath house
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Sickness
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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this movie destroyed me
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Vehicular
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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The main character is sitting on some rocks deep in thought when his boss loudly honks the car horn at him.
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Violence
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strangeling
At one point the protagonist gets nicked accidentally by a razor and his face bleeds a lot even though the wound is very shallow/small.
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