
Journey of a Dying Wife
Drama
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.
Top Cast


Tomokazu Miura
Tomokazu Miura
Shimizu Hisanori
Tomokazu Miura
Shimizu Hisanori


Yuriko Ishida
Yuriko Ishida
Shimizu Hitomi
Yuriko Ishida
Shimizu Hitomi


Aki Nishihara
Aki Nishihara
Saori
Aki Nishihara
Saori
Baiken Jukkanji
Baiken Jukkanji
Hisanori's older brother
Baiken Jukkanji
Hisanori's older brother


Reiko Tajima
Reiko Tajima
Hisanori's older sister
Reiko Tajima
Hisanori's older sister


Fujio Tokita
Fujio Tokita
Old man traveling by bicycle
Fujio Tokita
Old man traveling by bicycle


Yutaka Izumihara
Yutaka Izumihara
Young Hisanori
Yutaka Izumihara
Young Hisanori


Denden
Denden
Denden
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