Departures

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:56 pm

I'm not one for foreign films, but this one is definitely a must-see. It's a drama, spotted with really funny humor, that treats death in a really touching, respectful, and completely secular way.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:10 pm

That looks really lovely. I've been watching a lot of Korean films lately, it'd be nice to see a Japanese one for a change.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:22 pm

I shall put that in my list of films to watch. The Japanese have a remarkable tradition in film making. In recent years they tended to get lost amongst the hollywood remakes (like The Ring and The Grudge, much better in the original versions ).

Another Japanese film on my list to watch is Cold Fish.

Cold Fish (2010) - IMDb

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:37 pm

This does look like an interesting film.

I've been enjoying several movies from the Criterion Collection on Hulu. Some of these have been old foreign films; some from Japan.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:04 pm

Talking of foreign films, there's a wonderful film from Spain called Pan's Labyrinth. Highly recommended

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - IMDb

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 6:01 pm

along-for-the-ride;1409758 wrote: This does look like an interesting film.

I've been enjoying several movies from the Criterion Collection on Hulu. Some of these have been old foreign films; some from Japan.
This one was on Netflix. I'll check Hulu out.

Deon095 · Post by **Deon095** » Tue May 14, 2013 3:13 am

Departure is a Japanese drama movie of the year 2008 , which won the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Oscar in 2009 and The Japan Academy Prize for picture of the year at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize.