A Long Goodbye (Japanese: 長いお別れ) is a 2019 Japanese family drama film, directed by
Ryōta Nakano.
Plot
A family deals with the 70 year old father, who informs his wife and daughters that he has
Alzheimer's disease. They react differently to as his illness progresses, but realize
there are some things he will not forget.
The story looks at the drama of the family members' own individual challenges, as they come to deal with their own father's illness.
Production
The movie was released on May 31, 2019 and distributed by Asmik Ace Entertainment.
Cast
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Yū Aoi
is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film ''All About Lily Chou-Chou''. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in '' Hana and Alice'' (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa i ...
as Fumi Higashi
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Yuko Takeuchi as Mari Imamura (''née'' Higashi)
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Tsutomu Yamazaki
is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for '' The Funeral'' and '' Farewell to the Ark''. Yamazaki is well known for his role "Nenbutsu no Tetsu" on the television jidaigeki '' Hissatsu Shiokinin'' and ''Shin Hi ...
as Shōhei Higashi
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Chieko Matsubara
is a Japanese actress from Nagoya,
Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in ''Yoru no chōsensha''. Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of th ...
as Yōko Higashi
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Yukiya Kitamura
is a Japanese actor represented by Tom company. His father is actor Kazuo Kitamura and his wife is actress Shiho Takano.
Biography
While in Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Fuji High School, Kitamura was interested in theater and wants to be an aspi ...
as Arata Imamura
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Tomoya Nakamura
is a Japanese actor. He is known for the Japanese voice of Aladdin in the 2019 live action remake
Career
Nakamura made his debut in the film '' The Innocent Seven'' in 2005.
Filmography Film
Television
Japanese dub
Awards
References
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as Michihiko Iwata
*Rairu Sugita as Takashi Imamura
*Kurumi Shimizu as Mio Konishi
*Akiko Kurano
*Takumi Matsuzawa
References
External links
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2019 films
Films about Alzheimer's disease
Films about families
Films based on Japanese novels
Japanese drama films
2010s Japanese-language films
2019 drama films
2010s Japanese films