Goodbye Elegy (2017)
Original title: グッバイエレジー
Goodbye Elegy is a 2017 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Junichi Mimura, with a running time of 1h 58m. It stars Ren Osugi, Baku Ohwada and Sumie Sasaki.
Miyama Akira is a movie director in his 60's. In the past, he left his hometown to chase his dream. When he learns that his friend, who used to talk about their future, died, he goes back to his hometown for the first time in decades. While he walks along the streets there, he thinks about the life of his late friend and gets inspired to write a script about him.
Cast
- Ren Osugi as Miyama Akira
- Baku Ohwada as Takagi
- Sumie Sasaki as Akira's Mother
- Eisaku Yoshida as Igawa Michiomi
- Yuji Nakamura as Tora-san
- Daiki Hiba as Fukagawa Akira
- Rin Marumoto as Junko
- Yuki Morinaga as Keiichiro
- Mako Ishino as Igawa Kazuyo
- Junpei Morita as Owner of Yamada Home
- Kenshin Endo as Igawa Michiomi
- Akiko Nishina as Bar Owner