Journey of a Dying Wife

Journey of a Dying Wife

2011
1h 53m
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"Why is it a sin for two people to be together?"

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Image Field
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 死にゆく妻との旅路
Release Date February 26, 2011
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt1479361

Cast

Tomokazu Miura
Tomokazu Miura

Shimizu Hisanori

Yuriko Ishida
Yuriko Ishida

Shimizu Hitomi

Aki Nishihara
Aki Nishihara

Saori

Baiken Jukkanji
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

Key Crew

Yukinari Hanawa
Director
Kota Yamada
Screenplay
HONOKI Hiromi
Producer
Hiroyuki Akune
Executive Producer