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MASTER SCORE 71.2 / 100
2016·Drama·2h 4m

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.

Above the Line
Miwa Nishikawa·DirectorMiwa Nishikawa·WriterYutaka Yamazaki·Director of PhotographyMichiaki Katoh·Original Music ComposerRyuji Miyajima·Editor
Cast
Masahiro Motoki·Sachio KinugasaPistol Takehara·YoichiKenshin Fujita·ShinpeiTamaki Shiratori·AkariKeiko Horiuchi·YukiSosuke Ikematsu·KishimotoHaru Kuroki·Chihiro FukunagaMaho Yamada·YukoEri Fukatsu·NatsukoIzumi Matsuoka·Kotoe Kurita
Full Crew
(28 credits)
Directing· 2
Miwa Nishikawa·DirectorShinji Kuma·Assistant Director
Writing· 1
Miwa Nishikawa·Writer
Camera· 1
Yutaka Yamazaki·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Ryuji Miyajima·Editor
Sound & Music· 4
Michiaki Katoh·Original Music ComposerToshihiro Nakanishi·Original Music ComposerAoi Teshima·Theme Song PerformanceMasaya Kitada·Sound Effects
Art & Design· 3
Miwako Kobayashi·Costume DesignKeiko Mitsumatsu·Production DesignMutsuki Sakai·Makeup & Hair
Production· 15
Kenji Hamada·Executive ProducerAkihiko Yose·ProducerTetsuo Ohta·ProducerIppei Fukuda·Executive ProducerYasuhito Nakae·ProducerKiyoto Matsui·ProducerMasarou Toyoshima·Executive ProducerKazumi Kawashiro·ProducerTakashi Iwamura·ProducerAsako Nishikawa·ProducerKiyoshi Nishikawa·Executive ProducerShûichi Nagasawa·ProducerHideki Tagami·Executive ProducerToshie Tabata·CastingOsamu Shiraishi·Production Manager
Other Departments· 1
Kosuke Yamamoto·Gaffer
By the Numbers
71.2
OF 100
Master Score
7.2
OF 10
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