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Journey of a Dying Wife

Why is it a sin for two people to be together?

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Why is it a crime for two people to be together? In the silence so profound that you could even hear the sound of falling snow, the man buried his wife alone. That was what his wife had wished for. When a loved one is dying, what can one do for them? 272 days, 6000 km—this is the true story of a couple's extraordinary love. December 2, 1999. A small article about the arrest of a man appeared on the social page of the newspaper. The charge was "abandonment resulting in death"—the crime of abandoning someone who needed assistance due to old age, childhood, physical disability, or illness, and causing their death. The man had been wandering around Japan for nine months with his wife, who had terminal cancer, in a van. In the fall of 2000, the monthly magazine "Shincho 45" published the memoir of the arrested man, Hisanori Shimizu, in two issues, which caused a great sensation.

Directed byYukinari Hanawa

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Runtime
1h 53m
Language
JA
Released
February 26, 2011
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映画『死にゆく妻との旅路』予告編

映画『死にゆく妻との旅路』予告編

Tomokazu Miura and Yuriko Ishida co-star! Trailer for the movie "A Journey with My Dying Wife"

Tomokazu Miura and Yuriko Ishida co-star! Trailer for the movie "A Journey with My Dying Wife"

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8 credited
Starring
Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Shimizu Hisanori

Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Shimizu Hitomi

Aki Nishihara

Aki Nishihara

Saori

Baiken Jukkanji

Hisanori's older brother

Reiko Tajima

Reiko Tajima

Hisanori's older sister

Fujio Tokita

Fujio Tokita

Old man traveling by bicycle

Yutaka Izumihara

Yutaka Izumihara

Young Hisanori

Denden

Denden

Creative team
Directed by
Yukinari Hanawa
Yukinari Hanawa
Written by
Kota Yamada
Produced by
HONOKI Hiromi

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