*Monday, May 25, 2009*
_*This event is sold out.* If you have already registered and cannot attend, please contact us at 415.986.4383 so that we may offer your seat to someone on the waiting list._
The Japan Society, in cooperation with Regent Releasing and Here!, invites you to an advance preview screening of the 2008 Academy Award® winning Best Foreign Language Film, _Departures_, by writer-director Yojiro Takita.
_Departures_ centers on Daigo (Masahiro Motoki), a cellist who becomes jobless when his symphony orchestra disbands. Giving up his dream of being a performer, Daigo moves back to his late mother's home with wife Mika (Ryoko Hirosue) to reevaluate his life. After accepting a position at a company specializing in "encoffinments"--the ancient Japanese art of preparing a corpse for cremation in front of the bereaved--Daigo discovers a renewed joy for living through learning to care for the grieving and the deceased and unwittingly begins a journey of reconciliation with his past.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
*Time:*
Monday, May 25, 2009
Pick-up Tickets: 6:15 pm
Film: 7:00 pm
*Location:*
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
1881 Post Street @ Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
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*Cost:*
Free for Japan Society members while supply lasts.
_To receive your ticket, *you must check in with Japan Society staff outside the Kabuki's main entrance by 6:15 pm*. Please look for the Japan Society sign to pick up your ticket._
Presented by "Regent Releasing":http://www.regentreleasing.com/ and Here! in conjunction with the Japan Society of Northern California.
<p><strong>Monday, May 25, 2009</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>This event is sold out.</strong> If you have already registered and cannot attend, please contact us at 415.986.4383 so that we may offer your seat to someone on the waiting list.</em></p>
<p>The Japan Society, in cooperation with Regent Releasing and Here!, invites you to an advance preview screening of the 2008 Academy Award® winning Best Foreign Language Film, <em>Departures</em>, by writer-director Yojiro Takita.</p>
<p><em>Departures</em> centers on Daigo (Masahiro Motoki), a cellist who becomes jobless when his symphony orchestra disbands. Giving up his dream of being a performer, Daigo moves back to his late mother’s home with wife Mika (Ryoko Hirosue) to reevaluate his life. After accepting a position at a company specializing in “encoffinments”—the ancient Japanese art of preparing a corpse for cremation in front of the bereaved—Daigo discovers a renewed joy for living through learning to care for the grieving and the deceased and unwittingly begins a journey of reconciliation with his past.</p>
<p>In Japanese with English subtitles.</p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong><br />Monday, May 25, 2009<br />Pick-up Tickets: 6:15 pm<br />Film: 7:00 pm</p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong><br />Sundance Kabuki Cinemas<br />1881 Post Street @ Fillmore<br />San Francisco, CA<br />[<a href="http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/profile/map/36068034/sundance_kabuki_cinemas.html">map</a>]</p>
<p><strong>Cost:</strong><br />Free for Japan Society members while supply lasts.</p>
<p><em>To receive your ticket, <strong>you must check in with Japan Society staff outside the Kabuki’s main entrance by 6:15 pm</strong>. Please look for the Japan Society sign to pick up your ticket.</em></p>
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