Departures News

The Flint Institute of Arts, 1120 E. Kearsley, presents "Departures" at 7:30 p.m. Dec.

When I started reviewing Japanese films for The Japan Times in 1989, many of the people making and distributing them were convinced that the Hollywood juggernaut was slowly crushing them.

Wilmington on DVD: Departures, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Days of Summer, Julie and Julia Mike Wilmington on Wednesday 12/09/2009 10:00 am PICK OF THE WEEK Departures Japan; Yojiro Takita, 2008, EI Entertainment Death begets beauty in Departures , a moving film that teaches us, and its reluctant hero Daigo Kobayashi , all about the ...

Cinema Where does the Carlton's demise leave indie-film fans? Masahiro Motoki plays an out-of-work musician who enjoys his new job as a mortician.

A celebration of all things Hollywood it may be, but when it comes to the race for the foreign-language film Academy Award, the kudocast begins to resemble another globally televised, multinational event: the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics.

Joel and Ethan Coen's bitterly resentful comedy about what it is to be Jewish. 2. The Informant! Matt Damon is convincing as a troubled whistleblower in Steven Soderbergh's beautfully acted comedy.

Yojiro Takita's bitter-sweet tale of the Japanese funeral trade plays a bit like a formal service itself Surprise winner ... Departures Yojiro Takita's bitter-sweet tale of the Japanese funeral trade plays a bit like a formal service itself.

The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film tends to be either politically laudable, but uncontroversial or socially astute and sentimental.

It's not all that surprising in Japan to find mainstream film directors carving themselves successful careers having learned their craft through Pink Cinema.

There aren't many films about the Japanese art of corpse beautification. Still fewer made by a director who previously specialised in soft-core porn and starring an ex-boy band heart-throb. But Departures , which opens in Britain on Friday, is all these things.

SYDNEY: An Australian movie highlighting the desperate state of many Aboriginal communities won top prize at the third annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards this week in which 37 films from 16 countries were competing.

Japanese film star Masahiro Motoki won in the best actor category for his performance in Oscar-winning film ''Okuribito'' at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards held on Australia's Gold Coast overnight.

Local Aboriginal drama "Samson & Delilah" directed by Warwick Thornton was Thursday named best film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards on Queensland's Gold Coast.

The Kitchen Stove Film Fest continues tonight and tomorrow with showings of Departures, a film by Japanese director Yojiro Takita and winner of the 2009 Oscar for best foreign language film.

Masahiro Motoki serenades the film that he is starring in, Departures . If I make someone cry in my day-to-day life I get yelled at .

The 13th annual Japanese Film Festival begins November 24 in Sydney, Australia. © 2009 The Japan Foundation, Sydney This year, the 13th annual Japanese Film Festival will be delivering another fantastic line-up of Japanese cinema to fans in Australia.

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has announced nominees in nine award categories with 37 films representing 16 countries and areas.

Hawaii filmmaker Brent Anbe's comedic tribute to die-hard K-drama fans, 'Ajumma! Are You Krazy???,' has had terrific buzz at the Hawaii International Film Festival, now under way.

In DEPARTURES, Daigo Kobayashi, MASAHIRO MOTOKI, is married to Mika, RYOKO HIROSUE, and plays cello in a privately owned Tokyo orchestra.

BUSAN Iranian film "Darabaye Elly" topped the shortlist for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, with a total of five nominations.