Departures (2008 film) (English Wikipedia)

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Before the category was formed in 1956, three Japanese films received honorary awards: Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa; 1951), Gate of Hell (Teinosuke Kinugasa; 1954), and Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Hiroshi Inagaki; 1955) (MMPAJ). The Japanese-Soviet co-production Dersu Uzala (Akira Kurosawa; 1975) won the award, but it was submitted for the Soviet Union (Armstrong). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan staff. "Shuppin sakuhin ・ jushō-reki" 出品作品・受賞歴 [Exhibition of Works and Awards] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 22 May 2014. Armstrong, Derek. "Departures (review)". Allmovie. Rovi. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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Motoki was born in 1965 in Saitama and made his professional acting debut in 1981 in the TV drama 2-nen B-gumi Senpachi Sensei (Mr Senpachi of Class 2-B). In 1989 he won the Japan Academy Prize for Best New Actor for his role in Four Days of Snow and Blood [ja] (Weekly Biz staff 2009). Weekly Biz staff (9 May 2009). "Gachi! Bout.52.51 Masahiro Motoki/Yōjirō Takita" ガチ！BOUT.52.51 本木雅弘/滝田洋二郎. Weekly Biz (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 November 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
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Takita's works in the pink film genre included Chikan Onna Kyōshi (Molestful Female Teacher, 1981), Renzoku Bōran [ja] (Serial Violent Rape, 1983) and Mahiru no Kirisaki-Ma (Midday Ripper, 1984) (Suzuki 2012). By the time he directed Departures, his more mainstream work had already gained international recognition and awards: the 2003 film When the Last Sword Is Drawn, for instance, won Takita his first Japan Academy Prize for Best Film (Sapia staff 2009). Such a career path was not uncommon for directors in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s; the Japan Academy Prize winner Masayuki Suo, for instance, made his debut with Kandagawa Pervert Wars (Suzuki 2012). Suzuki, Yosiaki (5 April 2012). "Takita Yōjirō, Suo Masayuki: Pinku eiga kara sudatta mei-kantoku ōi" 滝田洋二郎、周防正行他ピンク映画から巣立った名監督多い [Yōjirō Takita, Masayuki Suo: Many Famous Film Directors Come Out of Pink Film]. News Post Seven (in Japanese). Tokyo. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2014. Sapia staff (April 2009). "Okuribito to Tsumiki no Ie ga Akademī-shō wo dōji ni jushō" 「おくりびと」と「つみきのいえ」がアカデミー賞を同時に受賞 [Departures and La Maison en Petits Cubes Win Academy Awards at the Same Time]. Sapia (in Japanese). Tokyo: SAPIX小学部. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2014. Suzuki, Yosiaki (5 April 2012). "Takita Yōjirō, Suo Masayuki: Pinku eiga kara sudatta mei-kantoku ōi" 滝田洋二郎、周防正行他ピンク映画から巣立った名監督多い [Yōjirō Takita, Masayuki Suo: Many Famous Film Directors Come Out of Pink Film]. News Post Seven (in Japanese). Tokyo. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
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According to Takita, the inclusion of a trans woman in the opening scene was to show both the "grace and gravity of the ritual" as well as indicate that the film would not be a "very heavy" one (Takita 2008, 03:30–03:55). Takita, Yōjirō (2008). "Interview with Yōjirō Takita" Departures (DVD). E1 Entertainment. OCLC 785846111.
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