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A LONG GOODBYE (長いお別れ)
DISTR Airline, World
 
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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama, Family - 127 minutes

Log Line

A retired school principal reveals to his family he is suffering from dementia. While distressing for his wife and daughters they also discover he still harbours a happy memory that they themselves had long forgotten.

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Ryota NAKANO
Writer(s) : Ryota NAKANO, Toshiya ONO
Cast : Yu AOI, Yuko TAKEUCHI, Chieko MATSUBARA, Tsutomu YAMAZAKI

Producer(s) : Takashi HARA (Asmik Ace, Inc.), Yoko IDE (Asmik Ace, Inc.)

Synopsis

Shohei (Yamazaki) is a retired school principal and as he and his wife (Matsubara) gather his family to celebrate his 70th birthday he reveals to his two daughters (Takeuchi, Aoi) that he is suffering from dementia. While losing his memory is upsetting and confusing for his family, the situation also reveals that one particularly happy memory which the three ladies had long forgotten is still alive and well in Shohei.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

HONG KONG EMPHASIS VIDEO
JAPAN May 31, 2019 ASMIK ACE, INC
KOREA (Sou May 27, 2020 NK CONTENTS


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Festivals and Awards

hong kong iff 2019 (Cinephile Paradise)
Beijing IFF 2019 (Panorama)
Hawaii IFF Spring Showcase 2019
Moscow IFF 2019
Taipei Film Festival 2019


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