The Long Excuse
永い言い訳
2016 · 2h 4m · Drama · Japan · Rated TP (FR)
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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Miwa Nishikawa6.3Smart score
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bereavementchild carefamilygrieflossmarriagerelationshipwidower
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