Moderated by Ichiro Kishimoto (Adjunct Asst. Prof., Japanese), this film is part of CALA’s film series“Are You Talking to Me?”
Departures (2008) is a Japanese drama film directed by Yojiro Takita. The film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and finds work as a nokanshi, a traditional Japanese ritual. In 2009, the film became the first Japanese production to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The event takes place at the National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue, New York, NY.
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