The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

290 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | April 19, 2014

In this unauthorized adaptation of the novel "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler set in Tokyo during the 1950s, Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu's friend Banji Masuzawa, a private detective, has doubts about Tamotsu's death, but the case is covered up by powerful media mogul Heizo Harada. Banji is then involved in another case involving the neighbors of the Harada family. He encounters drunk novelist Joji Kamiido, a publishing house editor and a beautiful woman Aiko who holds the key to case. As it looks like Banji has solved the case, something unexpected occurs...

The Long Goodbye

290 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | April 19, 2014

The Long Goodbye
In this unauthorized adaptation of the novel "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler set in Tokyo during the 1950s, Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu's friend Banji Masuzawa, a private detective, has doubts about Tamotsu's death, but the case is covered up by powerful media mogul Heizo Harada. Banji is then involved in another case involving the neighbors of the Harada family. He encounters drunk novelist Joji Kamiido, a publishing house editor and a beautiful woman Aiko who holds the key to case. As it looks like Banji has solved the case, something unexpected occurs...
Producers Kadokawa Pictures, NHK
Original title The Long Goodbye – ロング・グッドバイ
Directors Kentarō Horikirizono, Yuji Shimomura
Writers Aya Watanabe, Raymond Chandler

Cast

Tadanobu Asano

as Banji Masuzawa

Go Ayano

as Tamotsu Harada

Koyuki

as Aiko Kamiido

Arata Furuta

as Joji Kamiido

Ai Tominaga

as Yoshino Koumura

Kenichi Takitoh

as Morita

Rina Ohta

as Shizuka Harada

Rila Fukushima

as Riri

Keisuke Horibe

as Hajime Takamura

Yuu Tokui

as Kazama

Shû Nakajima

as Bartender

Shoken Kunimoto

as Kitaoka

Kenichi Endo

as Kishida

Kotaro Yoshida

as Endo

Akira Emoto

as Heizo Harada

Tomorowo Taguchi

as Haneoka

Kyosuke Yabe

as Toraichi Masaoka (Kimura Maruo)

Ryo Iwamatsu

as Zaizen

Daichi Watanabe

as Rokuro

Yūki Izumisawa

as Shosuke Kaneda

Kazutoyo Koyabu

as Zenzen

Edo Harumi

as Nurse #1

Tamae Ando

as Nurse #2

Denden

as Shady doctor

Eri Ishida

as Middle-aged female

Takeshi Ohnishi

as Secretary

Yurika Nakamura

as Young Aiko

Reiya Masaki

as Young Tamotsu

Masaki Miura

as Former Agent #2

Shingo Mizusawa

as Former Agent #1

Taiga Nakano

as Singer

Shihou Harumi

as Middle-aged man

Masaki Sumitani

as Masatora's minion

Fumio Mochizuki

as Sasaki

Masaru Hotta

as Food cart customer