Daigo Kobayashi is a young married cellist who played in an orchestra that has just been disbanded. Suddenly on the street without a job, Daigo decides to move back to his hometown with his wife. There he gets a job as an undertaker. He sees himself as a sort of gatekeeper between life and death. However, Daigo's work is despised by all the people around him. But it is through his relationship with death on a daily basis that Daigo begins to understand what life is really about.
Cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sasaki/ Ikuei Sasaki
Kimiko Yo as Yuriko Kobayashi/ Kamimura Yuriko
Ryoko Hirosue as Mika Kobayashi/ Mika Kobayashi
Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi
Takashi Sasano as Shokichi Hirata
Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Tsuyako Yamashita
Tetta Sugimoto as Yamashita
Toru Minegishi
Tatsuo Yamada
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Directors Yojiro Takita
Producers Yasuhiro Mase, Toshiaki Nakazawa
Editor Akimasa Kawashima
Music Joe Hisaishi
AKA Departures, Okuribito
Genres Art/Foreign and Drama
Running Time 2 hrs. 11 min.
Release Date May 29th, 2009 (limited)
MPAA Rating PG-13 for thematic material.
Distributors Regent Releasing
Production Co. Asahi Shimbunsha, Dentsu, Mainichi Hoso, Sedic International Inc, Shochiku Company, Ltd., Shogakukan Production Company, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
Produced in Japan
Departures - Movie Info
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Unorthodox Culinary Arts teacher Mrs. Stephenson is a tyrant known throughout her Philly public high school for her hoarse rebukes of her students' creations. She may be disarmingly blunt, but she cares about the final product. Last year, 11 of her seniors totaled $750,000 in scholarships to top culinary schools across the nation. Here, we follow three of Stephenson's dedicated inner-city kids with circumstances stacked against them whose best hope for the future depends on the perfect results.
Detail Info
Director Jennifer Grausman
Producer Diane Weyermann, Jeff Skoll, Jennifer Grausman, Myna Joseph
Editor Mark Becker
Music Donald Newkirk, Paul Huston
Genres Documentary
Running Time 1 hr. 39 min.
Release Date May 27th, 2009 (NY)
MPAA Rating Not Rated
Distributors BEV Pictures
Production Co. Participant Media
Produced in United States
Land of the Lost - Film Info
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Space-time vortexes suck. Has been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, is sucked into one and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts to survive in an alternate universe full of marauding dinosaurs and fantastic creatures from beyond our world. Sucked alongside him for the adventure are crack-smart research assistant Holly and a redneck survivalist named Will. Chased by T. rex and stalked by painfully slow reptiles known as Sleestaks, Marshall, Will and Holly must rely on their only ally -- a primate called Chaka to navigate out of the hybrid dimension. Escape from this routine expedition gone awry and they're heroes. Get stuck, and they'll be permanent refugees in the Land of the Lost.
Cast
Will Ferrell as Dr. Rick Marshall
Anna Friel as Holly
Danny R. McBride as Will Stanton
Jorma Taccone as Chaka
Detail Info
Director Brad Silberling
Writers Chris Henchy, Dennis McNicholas
Producers Julie Darmody, Daniel Lupi, Adam McKay, Brad Silberling, Ryan Kavanaugh, Jimmy Miller, Sid Krofft, Marty Krofft
Genres Action/Adventure, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Remake
Release Date June 5th, 2009 (wide)
Distributors Universal Pictures
Production Co. Krofft Pictures, Mosaic Media Group
Studios Universal Pictures
Filming Locations Los Angeles, California, USA
Produced in United States
The Girlfriend Experience
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In the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, Chelsea an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who offers more than sex to her clients, but companionship and conversation -- "the girlfriend experience." Chelsea thinks she has her life totally under control -- she feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle. But when you're in the business of meeting people, you never know who you're going to meet.
Cast
Sasha Grey as Chelsea/Christine
Glenn Kenny as The Erotic Connoisseur
Chris Santos as Chris
Philip Eytan as Philip
Timothy Davis as Tim
David Levien as David
Detail Info
Director Steven Soderbergh
Writers Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Producers Mark Cuban, Todd Wagner, Gregory Jacobs
Sound Larry Blake
Music Ross Godfrey
Genres Drama
Running Time 1 hr. 17 min.
Release Date May 22nd, 2009 (limited)
MPAA Rating R for sexual content, nudity and language.
Distributors Magnolia Pictures
Production Co. Extension 765, Magnolia Pictures
Financiers 2929 Productions
Produced in United States
Ghosts of the Heartland - Film Info
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As the "red scare" gains momentum, Chinese American reporter Roland Lu returns to his hometown of Millville. No longer the town Lu remembers, Millville is now a scary place where those in power take advantage of the oppressive atmosphere for their personal gain. Mayor Frank Dugan and his band of McCarthyite thugs have already extorted the town¿s Native Americans and are now persecuting Millville's Chinese population. The conflict turns bloody and Lu must make the decision of his life - either go back to the city to pursue his dreams as a reporter, or stay in Millville to fight for his friends, his family and his race.
Cast
Philip Moon as Roland Lu
Michael Santoro as Frank
David Midthunder as Ray
Marcus Ho as Phil
Rosanne Ma as Liz
William Kozy as Freddy
Bill Cain as Radio Roy
James Saito as John Lu
Karen Tsen Lee as Dorothy
Rachel Lu as Chinese Woman
Detail Info
Director Allen Blumberg
Writer Allen Blumberg
Producer Allen Blumberg
Genres Drama and Mystery
Running Time 1 hr. 21 min.
Release Date May 22nd, 2009 (limited)
Distributors ABL Communications
Easy Virtue - Film Info
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Easy Virtue is a social comedy in which a glamorous American widow, Larita, impetuously marries a young Englishman, John, in the South of France. When they return to England to meet his parents; his mother, Mrs Whittaker, takes a strong dislike to their new daughter-in-law, while his father, Jim, finds something of a kindred spirit. Family tensions escalate until finally Larita is forced to take firm action.
Cast
Jessica Biel as Larita Whittaker, a glamorous American widow
Ben Barnes as John Whittaker
Colin Firth as Mr. Jim Whittaker
Kristin Scott Thomas as Mrs. Veronica Whittaker
Kimberley Nixon as Hilda Whittaker
Katherine Parkinson as Marion Whittaker
Kris Marshall as Furber the butler
Christian Brassington as Philip Hurst
Charlotte Riley as Sarah Hurst
Jim McManus as Jackson
Pip Torrens as Lord Hurst
Georgia Glen as Mrs. Langridon
Detail Info
Directed by Stephan Elliott
Produced by Barnaby Thompson, Joseph Abrams, James D. Stern
Written by Stephan Elliott, Sheridan Jobbins, Noël Coward (play)
Cinematography Martin Kenzie
Editing by Sue Blainey
Distributed by Ealing Studios, Pathe
Release date(s)
- 7 November 2008 (UK)
- 22 May 2009 (US, limited)
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $14m
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