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The Long Excuse

The Long Excuse

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The Long Excuse

2016

2h 4m

6.8(36 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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Production Companies

AOI Pro.

BUN-BUKU

TV Osaka

Bungeishunju

Asmik Ace

TV Tokyo

Bandai Visual

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Masahiro Motoki

Masahiro Motoki

Sachio Kinugasa

Pistol Takehara

Pistol Takehara

Yoichi

Kenshin Fujita

Shinpei

Tamaki Shiratori

Tamaki Shiratori

Akari

Keiko Horiuchi

Keiko Horiuchi

Yuki

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sosuke Ikematsu

Kishimoto

Haru Kuroki

Haru Kuroki

Chihiro Fukunaga

Maho Yamada

Maho Yamada

Yuko

Eri Fukatsu

Eri Fukatsu

Natsuko

Izumi Matsuoka

Izumi Matsuoka

Kotoe Kurita

Creative team

Directed by: Miwa Nishikawa
Written by: Miwa Nishikawa
Produced by: Takashi Iwamura
Kazumi Kawashiro

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