A Long Goodbye

A Long Goodbye

127 mins | Drama, Family | March 26, 2019

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.

A Long Goodbye

127 mins | Drama, Family | March 26, 2019

A Long Goodbye
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Asmik Ace
Original title 長いお別れ
Directors Ryota Nakano
Writers Kyôko Nakajima, Ryota Nakano, Toshiya Ono

Cast

Yu Aoi

as Fumi Higashi

Yûko Takeuchi

as Mari Imamura

Chieko Matsubara

as Yoko Higashi

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Shohei Higashi

Yukiya Kitamura

as Arata

Tomoya Nakamura

as Michihiko

Yuito Kamata

as Takashi