Movie·2016·2h 4m
The Long Excuse
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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// overview
The Story
Original title: 永い言い訳
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.
Producer
Kenji Hamada, Akihiko Yose
Cinematography
Yutaka Yamazaki
Music
Michiaki Katoh
Editor
Ryuji Miyajima
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Masahiro Motoki
Sachio Kinugasa
Pistol Takehara
Yoichi
Kenshin Fujita
Shinpei
Tamaki Shiratori
Akari
Keiko Horiuchi
Yuki
Sosuke Ikematsu
Kishimoto
Haru Kuroki
Chihiro Fukunaga
Maho Yamada
Yuko
Eri Fukatsu
Natsuko
Izumi Matsuoka
Kotoe Kurita
Hideto Iwai
Suon Kan
Shigeyuki Totsugi
Yasushi Fuchikami
Jiji Bû
Katsuya Kobayashi
Tae Kimura
Makita Sports
// crew
Crew
Kenji Hamada
Executive Producer
Miwa Nishikawa
Director, Writer
Yutaka Yamazaki
Director of Photography
Ryuji Miyajima
Editor
Michiaki Katoh
Original Music Composer
Akihiko Yose
Producer
Toshihiro Nakanishi
Original Music Composer
Tetsuo Ohta
Producer
Ippei Fukuda
Executive Producer
Yasuhito Nakae
Producer
Kiyoto Matsui
Producer
Masarou Toyoshima
Executive Producer
Kazumi Kawashiro
Producer
Takashi Iwamura
Producer
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