The Long Excuse
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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Cast
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Masahiro Motoki
Sachio Kinugasa
Known for
Departures
Giri/Haji
Pistol Takehara
Yoichi
Also in
Glass Heart
Sai
Kenshin Fujita
Shinpei
Also in
The Boy Inside
Tamaki Shiratori
Akari
Known for
Burn the House Down
Keiko Horiuchi
Yuki
Known for
I Give My First Love to You
A Story of Yonosuke
Sosuke Ikematsu
Kishimoto
Known for
Shin Kamen Rider
Shoplifters
Haru Kuroki
Chihiro Fukunaga
Known for
Wolf Children
Mirai
Maho Yamada
Yuko
Known for
Rent-a-Cat
Cloud
Eri Fukatsu
Natsuko
Known for
Suzume
Parasyte: Part 1
Izumi Matsuoka
Kotoe Kurita
Known for
Tokyo Swindlers
The Third Murder
Hideto Iwai
Known for
Parasyte: Part 1
The Kirishima Thing
Suon Kan
Known for
A Family
Ghost Cat Anzu
Miwa Nishikawa Director · Michiaki Katoh Composer Toshihiro Nakanishi Composer
First release September 9, 2016 · Produced in Japan · Production BUN-BUKU, TV Osaka
Production
AOI Pro.
Production
BUN-BUKU
Production
TV Osaka
Production
Bungeishunju
Production
Asmik Ace
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TV Tokyo
Production
Bandai Visual
Production
Japan
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Original title
永い言い訳
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Canada · September 9, 2016
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Japan · October 14, 2016
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
October 11, 2016 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
France
November 29, 2017 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
October 23, 2016 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
December 8, 2016 · Theatrical
Japan
April 21, 2017 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
South Korea
October 9, 2016 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical
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