Original title
The Departure
Released
4/21/2017
Origin country
GB, JP
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
Roast Beef Productions, Dogwoof, Candescent Films, ITVS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Artemis Rising, The Bertha Foundation
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 27min
An intimate character study of the complex figure Ittetsu Nemoto, an aimless and rebellious former punk rocker-turned-Buddhist priest. He is renowned in Japan for saving the lives of countless suicidal men and women through his wise and compassionate counsel. But Nemoto is now approaching middle-age with a wife and young boy of his own, when he learns his life is at risk from heart disease, compounded by the heavy emotional workload of supporting those who no longer want to live. When saving others takes such a toll, can he find the resiliency to save himself?
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