The Long Excuse
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The Long Excuse is a Japanese drama film that explores grief, guilt, and emotional rebirth after a tragic accident intertwines the lives of a self-absorbed writer and a bereaved family.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Long Excuse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Long Excuse Context triple: [Kengo Kora, notableWork, The Long Excuse]
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A.
A Plea for Excuses
A Plea for Excuses is a seminal philosophical essay by J. L. Austin that analyzes ordinary language and the ways people use excuses to navigate responsibility and blame.
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B.
The Long Wait
The Long Wait is a hardboiled crime novel by Mickey Spillane featuring his trademark tough, violent style and twist-driven noir plotting.
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C.
I Made My Excuses and Left
"I Made My Excuses and Left" is a melancholic synth-pop song by Pet Shop Boys, noted for its narrative of quiet emotional withdrawal and its lush, orchestral production.
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D.
No Long Thing
No Long Thing is the 2005 debut studio album by Nigerian singer D'banj, which helped establish him as a major figure in Afrobeats.
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E.
The Very Idea
The Very Idea is a 1920 American silent comedy film, now considered lost, that satirized contemporary notions of eugenics and scientific matchmaking.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Long Excuse Target entity description: The Long Excuse is a Japanese drama film that explores grief, guilt, and emotional rebirth after a tragic accident intertwines the lives of a self-absorbed writer and a bereaved family.
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A.
A Plea for Excuses
A Plea for Excuses is a seminal philosophical essay by J. L. Austin that analyzes ordinary language and the ways people use excuses to navigate responsibility and blame.
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B.
The Long Wait
The Long Wait is a hardboiled crime novel by Mickey Spillane featuring his trademark tough, violent style and twist-driven noir plotting.
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C.
I Made My Excuses and Left
"I Made My Excuses and Left" is a melancholic synth-pop song by Pet Shop Boys, noted for its narrative of quiet emotional withdrawal and its lush, orchestral production.
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D.
No Long Thing
No Long Thing is the 2005 debut studio album by Nigerian singer D'banj, which helped establish him as a major figure in Afrobeats.
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E.
The Very Idea
The Very Idea is a 1920 American silent comedy film, now considered lost, that satirized contemporary notions of eugenics and scientific matchmaking.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Long Excuse (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Miwa Nishikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Yutaka Yamazaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Miwa Nishikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Asmik Ace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ryuji Miyajima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRuntimeMinutes | 124 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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family drama ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt5304464 ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseTitle | 永い言い訳 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
parenting
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personal transformation ⓘ widowhood ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sachio Kinugasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| musicBy | Tadashi Ueda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | intertwined lives after a fatal bus accident ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A self-absorbed writer forms a bond with a bereaved family after his wife dies in a bus accident shared with the family’s mother. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Asmik Ace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSource | novel ⓘ |
| releaseCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| romanizedTitle | Nagai Iiwake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenedAt |
Busan International Film Festival
NERFINISHED
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Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Miwa Nishikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Eri Fukatsu
NERFINISHED
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Kenshin Endo NERFINISHED ⓘ Maho Nonami NERFINISHED ⓘ Masahiro Motoki NERFINISHED ⓘ Pistol Takehara NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamaki Shiratori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
bereavement
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emotional rebirth ⓘ family relationships ⓘ grief ⓘ guilt ⓘ |
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