A Long Goodbye (長いお別れ, Nagai Owakare) is a 2019 Japanese family drama film directed by Ryōta Nakano.
Plot
A 70-year-old man informs his wife and daughters that he has Alzheimer's disease.[1] His family members digest the news and each react differently as his illness progresses, but realize there are also some things that he will not forget.[2] The story examines drama of the family members' own individual challenges as they come to deal with their father's illness.[3][4]
Production
The movie was released on May 31, 2019 and distributed by Asmik Ace Entertainment.
Cast
- Yū Aoi as Fumi Higashi
- Yuko Takeuchi as Mari Imamura (née Higashi)
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Shōhei Higashi
- Chieko Matsubara as Yōko Higashi
- Yukiya Kitamura as Arata Imamura
- Tomoya Nakamura as Michihiko Iwata
- Rairu Sugita as Takashi Imamura
- Kurumi Shimizu as Mio Konishi
- Akiko Kurano
- Takumi Matsuzawa
References
- ^ "A Long Goodbye: Japanese family struggles with dementia". South China Morning Post. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "ryota nakano". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ Scanlon, Hayley (2020-04-08). "A Long Goodbye (長いお別れ, Ryota Nakano, 2019)". Windows on Worlds. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ Schilling, Mark (2019-05-29). "'A Long Goodbye': Taking a lighter look at Alzheimer's". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-06-10.