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There is life to be found after death OKURIBITO (DEPARTURES).(Entertainment)(Movie review)
Daily News (South Africa)
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November 6, 2009
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BYLINE: THERESA SMITH
EVOCATIVE and poignant, Departures will strike a chord with anyone who has ever had a death in the family.
However, do not be mistaken that this Japanese Oscar-winner (for Best Foreign Film) is just about death, grief and loss: it's about life, too.
When Daigo (Motoki) loses his position as cellist in a disbanded orchestra, he ends up working with the dead.
Death in Japan is a taboo subject and in a country where having one child is an enforced norm, it's not unusual for people not to have seen a dead person until ...
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