Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salaryman
2011•1h 30m•8.0•Released
Documentary
Recently retired from a company after some 40 years of service, Sunada Tomoaki, father of filmmaker Sunada Mami, is diagnosed with terminal cancer and only has a few months left to live. True to his pragmatic core, Sunada sets out to accomplish a list of tasks before his final departure: playing with his grandchildren, planning his own funeral, saying “I love you” to his wife, among others. In a voice over, using words taken from her father’s diary, filmmaker Sunada speaks tenderly in first person as the elder Sunada.
Director
Mami Sunada
Writer
Mami Sunada
Languages
Japanese
Studio
TV Man Union
Production
Company
TV Man Union
Producer
Hirokazu Kore-eda
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