Plot: Saiki is on the verge of launching a successful marketing campaign. On a personal level, he's happily married, his daughter is about to get married too and he's close to becoming a grandfather. Things are going well for Saiki, but then he gets diagnosed with Alzheimer's and his world collapses.
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January 24, 2015
Illness-driven drama about an elderly man who sees his successful life get shattered by Alzheimer's. The first hour is quite dry and could've been shortened (but 120 minutes is clearly the norm here), the switch to drama is a little too sudden and when the film is finally getting up to steam we're already close to the credits.
Ken Watanabe isn't the best actor for the part, his role could've done with a little extra subtlety. Higuchi is better, but she is stuck in a supportive role. The finale is nice though, and it saves the film from worse. Still, there was potential to do better with this topic, just not with this crew and director