HD 130 min
Departures
Director: Yôjirô Takita
Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryôko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano, Tetta Sugimoto, Tôru Minegishi, Tatsuo Yamada, Yukari Tachibana
Storyline: Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself 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...
HD 130 min
HD
Kikansha Sensei
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Stars: Shizuka Ijuin (novel), Masato Kato, Shotaro Oikawa
Kikansha Sensei based on the popular novel by Ijuin Shizuka is an inspiring movie about a teacher and his young students. The setting of the story is a small island in Japans Seto Inland Sea. Sakaguchi Kenji the star of the film is an actor and model whose popularity has been on constant rise having appeared in various commercials and television dramas like hit series Pride. In his big...
FHD 1h55m
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