Japan strikes Oscars gold with Departures

Japanese film Departures won the best foreign film award at the Oscars here on Sunday.

Japanese film Departures won the best foreign film award at the Oscars here on Sunday.

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Yojiro Takita's drama tells the story of a mortician who works to preserve the dignity of a person after death.

Other films nominated on Sunday included France's The Class, Israel's Waltz with Bashir, Germany's The Baader Meinhof Complex and Austria's Revanche.