Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel age... Read allSoon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 40 wins & 12 nominations total
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- TriviaMasahiro Motoki also learned how to play a cello for the earlier parts of the film.
- GoofsThe main protagonist (Masahiro Motoki) has his cheek cut during the filming scene. This is covered in subsequent scene. In the next scene both the covering and the scar of the cut is gone.
- Quotes
Daigo Kobayashi: There are many kinds of coffins.
Yuriko Kamimura: 50000, 100000, 300000 yen.
Daigo Kobayashi: They differ by that much?
Yuriko Kamimura: The left one is plywood, the next one has metal fittings and carvings on both sides. And the most expensive one is solid cypress wood.
Daigo Kobayashi: Oh, the difference is in material and decoration.
Yuriko Kamimura: Yes, they all burn the same way.
Daigo Kobayashi: Same ashes.
Yuriko Kamimura: The last shopping of your life is done by others.
Daigo Kobayashi: Kind of ironic.
- SoundtracksSymphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 'Choral' IV. Presto, Allegro assai
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,498,210
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $74,945
- May 31, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $74,236,951
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1