A long goodbye

A filial time capsule disguised as a birthday party. When a family gets dementia’s diagnosis on the patriarch’s 70th, the daughters trade cake for care plans. A quiet genre entry that forgets to feel tragic.

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Ryota Nakano directed A long goodbye in 2019. See Ryota Nakano's full filmography, where to start with Ryota Nakano, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ryota Nakano.

A long goodbye was released in 2019 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.