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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Referenced by (4)

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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 ⓘ