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.

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The Long Excuse canonical 3
The Long Excuse (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese film
drama film
film
basedOn The Long Excuse (novel)
linked to: The Long Excuse
basedOnWorkAuthor Miwa Nishikawa
cinematographyBy Yutaka Yamazaki NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
director Miwa Nishikawa
distributor Asmik Ace
editedBy Ryuji Miyajima
filmRuntimeMinutes 124
genre drama
family drama
hasIMDbId tt5304464
hasJapaneseTitle 永い言い訳
hasSubject parenting
personal transformation
widowhood
mainCharacter Sachio Kinugasa
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
publicationTypeOfSource novel
releaseCountry Japan
releaseYear 2016
romanizedTitle Nagai Iiwake
screenedAt Busan International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
screenwriter Miwa Nishikawa
settingCountry Japan
starring Eri Fukatsu
Kenshin Endo NERFINISHED
Maho Nonami
Masahiro Motoki
Pistol Takehara
Tamaki Shiratori NERFINISHED
theme bereavement
emotional rebirth
family relationships
grief
guilt

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Kengo Kora notableWork The Long Excuse
Kaho Minami notableWork The Long Excuse
The Long Excuse basedOn The Long Excuse (novel)
linked to: The Long Excuse
Fumi Nikaido notableWork The Long Excuse