Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once their daughter, Mizuho, enters elementary school. One day, they receive devastating news of their daughter falling into a coma after a near-drowning accident at a pool. The doctors declare her brain dead with no prospect of recovery and the couple must decide if they should donate her organs to others in need or to wait until her heart stops beating.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Office Crescendo, Shochiku, Fuji Television Network, Kinoshita Group
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- dysfunctional marriage
- guilt
- family conflict
- marital separation
- organ donation
- science vs religion
- moral dilemma
- accident
- death train
- family crisis
- mother daughter relationship
- medical ethics
- brain stimulation
- the real story
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Top Cast
Ryoko Shinohara as Kaoruko Harima
Hidetoshi Nishijima as Kazumasa Harima
Kurumi Inagaki as Mizuho Harima
Kentaro Sakaguchi as Yuya Hoshino
Rina Kawaei as Mao Kawashima
Keiko Matsuzaka as Chizuko
Sayaka Yamaguchi as Miharu
Tetsushi Tanaka as Shindo
Top Crew
Yukihiko Tsutsumi · Director
Eriko Shinozaki · Screenplay
Keigo Higashino · Novel
Alexis Ffrench · Composer
Daisuke Soma · Cinematographer
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