Departures Movie Trailer star. Ryoko HirosueDaigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki), a cellist in an orchestra in Tokyo, loses his job because of dissolution of the orchestra. After quitting as a professional cellist, he decides to sell his cello which he had recently purchased for 18 million yen, then deciding to move back to Sakata, Yamagata, his old hometown along with his wife to find a new job.