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A Morning of Farewell

2021 · 119 min

A quiet, tender look at end-of-life care that moves slowly and leaves a lingering ache.

Directed by
Izuru Narushima
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tori Matsuzaka, Suzu Hirose
Overview
Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa Prefecture. She then begins to work at the local Mahoroba Clinic. She works with the clinic director Toru, Nurse Mayo and staff Seiji. Seiji, who worked with Sawako at the university hospital, followed her and works with her again. Mahoroba Clinic provides home healthcare to patients. Sawako visits the patients' homes and provides treatment there. At first, she has a hard time due to the different system. She becomes acclimated to the different system and finds a way to deal with the patients, their lives, and their families. --asianwiki

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Directed by
Izuru Narushima
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tori Matsuzaka, Suzu Hirose
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • family
  • healing
  • isolation
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Izuru Narushima
Written by
Emiko Hiramatsu
Starring
Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tori Matsuzaka, Suzu Hirose, Toshiyuki Nishida, Min Tanaka, Yoko Minamino, Toshiro Yanagiba, Eiko Koike
Music
Goro Yasukawa
Cinematography
Daisuke Soma
Runtime
119 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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