Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salaryman (2011)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 1, 2011Release Date
Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salaryman (2011)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 1, 2011Release Date
Plot.
Recently retired from a company after some 40 years of service, Sunada Tomoaki, father of filmmaker Sunada Mami, is diagnosed with terminal cancer and only has a few months left to live. True to his pragmatic core, Sunada sets out to accomplish a list of tasks before his final departure: playing with his grandchildren, planning his own funeral, saying “I love you” to his wife, among others. In a voice over, using words taken from her father’s diary, filmmaker Sunada speaks tenderly in first person as the elder Sunada.
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Release DateOctober 1, 2011
Original Nameエンディングノート
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
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Death of a Japanese Salesman (エンディングノート, Endingu Nōto, "Ending Note") is a 2011 Japanese documentary film written and directed by Mami Sunada about the illness and death of her father, Tomoaki Sunada.
The film was a box office success in Japan, and has won prizes at the Dubai {Muhr Award) and Chicago International Film Festivals, and was described as one of the ten best films of the year by The Japan Times.