The read
The series ran 1 season across 8 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to imagine her as the personification of his impending fate. As his dialogue with his imagined mortality continues, he meets the living woman, the template for his fantasy, and together, they tour rural churches. Gradually, he comes to some kind of peace about the diagnosis. When he returns to Japan, he is met with a series of challenges that profoundly test the lessons he has learned.
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Seasons
| 1 | Miniseries | 8 ep1972 |
Key crew
- Masaki KobayashiDirector
- Shun InagakiWriter
- Takeshi YoshidaWriter
Cast
- Shin SaburiTajihei Kazuki
- Mayumi OgawaAkiko Kazuki
- Keiko KishiMadame Marcelin
- Komaki KuriharaKiyoko Kazuki
- Haruko SugimuraMother-in-Law
- Hisashi IgawaFunazu
- Gō KatōNarrator
Themes
terminal cancer