Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salaryman

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 1, 2011

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TV Man Union

Director

Mami Sunada

Writer

Mami Sunada

Producer

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1941516