The Long Excuse (2016)
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.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa
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Masahiro Motoki as Sachio Kinugasa |
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Pistol Takehara as Yoichi |
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Kenshin Fujita as Shinpei |
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Tamaki Shiratori as Akari |
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Keiko Horiuchi as Yuki |
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Sosuke Ikematsu as Kishimoto |
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Haru Kuroki as Chihiro Fukunaga |
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Maho Yamada as Yuko |
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Eri Fukatsu as Natsuko |
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Izumi Matsuoka as Kotoe Kurita |
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Hideto Iwai as |
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Suon Kan as |
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Shigeyuki Totsugi as |
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Yasushi Fuchikami as |
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Jiji Bû as |
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Katsuya Kobayashi as |
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Tae Kimura as |
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Makita Sports as |
| Production | Kenji Hamada | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Aoi Teshima | Theme Song Performance |
| Directing | Miwa Nishikawa | Director |
| Writing | Miwa Nishikawa | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mutsuki Sakai | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Yutaka Yamazaki | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miwako Kobayashi | Costume Design |
| Editing | Ryuji Miyajima | Editor |
| Sound | Michiaki Katoh | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Keiko Mitsumatsu | Production Design |
| Production | Toshie Tabata | Casting |
| Production | Akihiko Yose | Producer |
| Sound | Toshihiro Nakanishi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tetsuo Ohta | Producer |
| Production | Ippei Fukuda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yasuhito Nakae | Producer |
| Production | Kiyoto Matsui | Producer |
| Production | Masarou Toyoshima | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kazumi Kawashiro | Producer |
| Production | Takashi Iwamura | Producer |
| Production | Asako Nishikawa | Producer |
| Production | Kiyoshi Nishikawa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Shûichi Nagasawa | Producer |
| Production | Hideki Tagami | Executive Producer |
| Lighting | Kosuke Yamamoto | Gaffer |
| Sound | Masaya Kitada | Sound Effects |
| Production | Osamu Shiraishi | Production Manager |
| Directing | Shinji Kuma | Assistant Director |