UW Film Creators Club

I just saw the film Departures at the Grand River Film Festival. It was a film that described the undertaker subculture in Japan in terms of funeral rituals and traditional ceremony. Departures was truly an amazing movie with both somber and comedic moments. It’s always difficult to create a film that makes its audience laugh and cry, but in regards to Departures, it certainly captured the mixture of emotions regarding the ceremony of death through which we celebrate the gift of life.

Here’s a moving scene when the main character, Daigo, reminisces about his childhood as he plays on his old cello:

Mr. Yojiro Takita from Japan, director of Departures, takes questions regarding his film.

-Remy