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You can watch Departures (2008) for free on Plex.

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

Departures is a film that explores themes of dying and death, funeral, octopus. It also touches on coffin and cello and musical.

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