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The Long Excuse
The Long Excuse

The Long Excuse

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

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Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

124 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

14 October 2016

Country

Japan

Cast

Masahiro Motoki

Masahiro Motoki

Sachio Kinugasa

Pistol Takehara

Pistol Takehara

Yoichi

Kenshin Fujita

Kenshin Fujita

Shinpei

Tamaki Shiratori

Tamaki Shiratori

Akari

Keiko Horiuchi

Keiko Horiuchi

Yuki

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sosuke Ikematsu

Kishimoto

Haru Kuroki

Haru Kuroki

Chihiro Fukunaga

Maho Yamada

Maho Yamada

Yuko

Eri Fukatsu

Eri Fukatsu

Natsuko

Izumi Matsuoka

Izumi Matsuoka

Kotoe Kurita

Hideto Iwai

Hideto Iwai

Suon Kan

Suon Kan

Shigeyuki Totsugi

Shigeyuki Totsugi

Yasushi Fuchikami

Yasushi Fuchikami

Jiji Bû

Jiji Bû

Katsuya Kobayashi

Katsuya Kobayashi

Tae Kimura

Tae Kimura

Makita Sports

Makita Sports

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