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The Long Excuse (Nagai iiwake) [Sub: Eng]
Description
Sashio is forced to reevaluate his own life, including why he didn't have children of his own. Yoichi to finds that he had become somewhat detached from his children. When Yoichi finds a new partner, Sachio has to leave the children. He ends up writing a book a new book the experience, and plays an unexpected role in the children's lives, eventually finding some closure for the loss of his wife.
Sashio is forced to reevaluate his own life, including why he didn't have children of his own. Yoichi to finds that he had become somewhat detached from his children. When Yoichi finds a new partner, Sachio has to leave the children. He ends up writing a book a new book the experience, and plays an unexpected role in the children's lives, eventually finding some closure for the loss of his wife.
Actors:
Sôsuke Ikematsu,
Haru Kuroki,
Maho Yamada,
Keiko Horiuchi,
Tamaki Shiratori,
Pistol Takehara,
Katsuya Kobayashi
Sôsuke Ikematsu
9 July 1990, Dazaifu, Japan
Haru Kuroki
14 March 1990, Osaka, Japan
Maho Yamada
Keiko Horiuchi
Tamaki Shiratori
Pistol Takehara
Katsuya Kobayashi
March 25, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Miwa Nishikawa
Miwa Nishikawa
Country:
Japan
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July 26, 2017
Even resorting to some sentimentality, The Long Excuse reached me in the way it treats camaraderie, personal growth, and family ties with sagacious integrity.
December 07, 2016
Masahiro Motoki makes it all a joy to watch, lending a complex touch of humanity to an unlikeable role that's more involving than it has presumably any right to be.
October 12, 2016
Whether or not you believe he truly redeems himself -- I was of two minds until the end -- the film delivers a catharsis that is earned, not tacked onto an obligatory happy ending.
September 21, 2016
Writer-director Miwa Nishikawa's somber reflection on the strains of marriage and parenthood is punctuated with beautiful existential undertones.

