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Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Drama / Music /  more » Awards: Won Oscar. Another 33 wins & 5 nominations  more » User Ratings: 8.1 (22,665 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.  more »

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Filmmakers: Yôjirô Takita - Director, Kundô Koyama - Writer (writer), Toshiaki Nakazawa - Producer, Ichirô Nobukuni - Producer, Toshihisa Watai - Producer, Takeshi Hamada - Cinematographer, Joe Hisaishi - Composer, Fumio Ogawa - Production Designer, Akimasa Kawashima - Editor  more »

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