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.
Cast
Masahiro Motoki
Daigo Kobayashi
Ryoko Hirosue
Mika Kobayashi
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ikuei Sasaki
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Tsuyako Yamashita
Kimiko Yo
Yuriko Kamimura
Takashi Sasano
Shokichi Hirata
Tetta Sugimoto
Yamashita
Toru Minegishi
Yoshiki Kobayashi
Tatsuo Yamada
Togashi
Yukari Tachibana
Rie Yamashita
Taro Ishida
Sonezaki
Sanae Miyata
Naomi Togashi
Ryosuke Otani
Tomeo's Father
Crew
Yojiro Takita
Director
Kundo Koyama
Screenplay
Akimasa Kawashima
Editor
Takeshi Hamada
Director of Photography
Yasuhiro Mase
Executive Producer
Toshiaki Nakazawa
Producer
Ichirô Nobukuni
Producer
Toshihisa Watai
Producer
Hideharu Yamashita
Line Producer
Fumio Ogawa
Production Design
Takefumi Yoshikawa
Casting
Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
Naomi Koike
Decorator
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