Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.
- 6.3
- 2018
- Released
- 1h 21m
Issey Takahashi
Koji Hashida
Mayu Matsuoka
Saori Nishida
Takumi Saitoh
Yoshiyuki Hashida
Misuzu Kanno
Yoko Hashida
Lily Franky
Masato Matsuda
Riku Onishi
Ryô Kitafuji
Junkichi Orimoto
Jun Murakami
Tomoki Tada
Hiroshi Kanbe
Junichi Uchiyama
Sairi Ito
Akiko Yoshida
Yohta Kawase
Marie ShirakawaMasataka Okada
Yosuke Omizu
Nagano
Miracle Hikaru
Jiro Sato
Taro Okamune
Nobuaki Kaneko
Misaki
Gouki Nishimura
Seiji Fukushi
Otake Koichi
Yoshikazu Ebisu
Kazuki Namioka
Chihiro Tanaka
Hideo Sakaki
Cookie!
Jtarô Sugisaku
Released
ja
- #japan
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