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A Long Goodbye ()

Nagai owakare (original title)
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Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.

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Fumi Higashi
Elen
Mansaku Fuwa
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Homeroom Teacher
Nobue Iketani
Yuito Kamata
Aki Kawada ...
Momoka
Yukiya Kitamura ...
Arata
Mantarô Koichi
Akiko Kurano
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Yoko Higashi
Takumi Matsuzawa
Sayuki Miyajima ...
Fumi (as Miyajima Sayuki)
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Michihiko
Hajime Okayama
Kurumi Shimizu
Rairu Sugita
Yuwa Suzuki ...
Rui (as Suzuki Yuwa)
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Mari Imamura
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Shohei Higashi

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Ryôta Nakano ... (as Ryota Nakano)

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Kyôko Nakajima ... (novel) (as Kyoko Nakajima)
 
Ryôta Nakano ... (screenplay)
 
Toshiya Ôno ... (screenplay)

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Junko Konishi ... associate producer

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Shinji Hashimoto ... key makeup artist

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Yoshimasa Fujie ... assistant director (as Fujie Yoshimasa)

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Mizuki Itô ... sound effects design & mixing & foley artist (as Mizuki Ito)

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Michelle Madden ... data wrangler

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Daisuke Mizuta ... music producer

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Plot Summary

A seventy-year-old retired school headmaster informs his wife and daughters that he has Alzheimer's disease. They are all concerned, but react differently due to their individual situations. The family watches as the husband and father regresses due to the disease and loses his memory. Interestingly, there are sparkling moments of his life of which the man will not let go. Written by aghaemi

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Also Known As
  • 長いお別れ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • A Long Goodbye (Japan, English title)
  • The Long Good-Bye (Canada, English title)
  • A Long Goodbye (Hong Kong, English title)
  • A Long Goodbye (World-wide, English title)
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  • 127 min
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Quotes Fumi Higashi: When things don't last... It's sad.
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