The Long Excuse movie poster

20162h 4m

Japanese

The Long Excuse

6.7

TMDb

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.

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DirectorMiwa Nishikawa

Keywords

marriagelossgriefbereavementfamilywidowerchild carerelationships

Cast

Masahiro Motoki as Sachio Kinugasa

Masahiro Motoki

Sachio Kinugasa

Pistol Takehara as Yoichi

Pistol Takehara

Yoichi

Kenshin Fujita

Shinpei

Tamaki Shiratori as Akari

Tamaki Shiratori

Akari

Keiko Horiuchi as Yuki

Keiko Horiuchi

Yuki

Sosuke Ikematsu as Kishimoto

Sosuke Ikematsu

Kishimoto

Haru Kuroki as Chihiro Fukunaga

Haru Kuroki

Chihiro Fukunaga

Maho Yamada as Yuko

Maho Yamada

Yuko

Eri Fukatsu as Natsuko

Eri Fukatsu

Natsuko

Izumi Matsuoka as Kotoe Kurita

Izumi Matsuoka

Kotoe Kurita

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