The Long Excuse

Audience Score

67

The Long Excuse

Latest Trailers

StarringMasahiro MotokiPistol TakeharaKenshin Fujita

DirectorMiwa Nishikawa

WriterMiwa Nishikawa

NR 2 hr 4 minDrama

Plot

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.

Movie Details Full Cast & Crew

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese

Executive Producers:Kenji Hamada, Ippei Fukuda, Hideki Tagami, Masarou Toyoshima, Kiyoshi Nishikawa

Production Companies:AOI Pro., BUN-BUKU, TV Osaka, Bungeishunju, Asmik Ace, TV Tokyo, Bandai Visual

The Long Excuse on the Web:WikiData

family grief marriage relationship loss widower bereavement child care

Cast & Crew

Masahiro Motoki

as Sachio Kinugasa

Pistol Takehara

K

Kenshin Fujita

as Shinpei

Tamaki Shiratori

Sosuke Ikematsu

K

Kenji Hamada

Executive Producer

Theme Song Performance

Yutaka Yamazaki

Director of Photography

Movies Like The Long Excuse

Still Walking poster

78

73

A Home of Our Own poster

A Home of Our Own

70

60

Paradise poster

62

Death of a Salesman poster

Death of a Salesman

69

Fathers and Daughters poster

Fathers and Daughters

71

67

Sinners Movie Poster

Hoppers Movie Poster

Movies In Theaters

The Odyssey Movie Poster

Movies Coming Soon

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Movie Poster

Movie Release Calendar

Anaconda Movie Poster

The Housemaid Movie Poster

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Series Poster

Young Sherlock Series Poster