

The Long Excuse
2016-10-14 · 124 min · ★ 6.8
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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- Directors
- Miwa Nishikawa
- Production companies
- AOI Pro., BUN-BUKU, TV Osaka, Bungeishunju, Asmik Ace, TV Tokyo, Bandai Visual
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Masahiro MotokiSachio Kinugasa
Pistol TakeharaYoichi
Tamaki ShiratoriAkari
Keiko HoriuchiYuki
Sosuke IkematsuKishimoto
Haru KurokiChihiro Fukunaga
Maho YamadaYuko
Eri FukatsuNatsuko
Izumi MatsuokaKotoe Kurita
Hideto Iwai
Suon Kan
Shigeyuki Totsugi
Yasushi Fuchikami
Jiji Bû
Katsuya Kobayashi
Tae Kimura
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