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    The Last Dance

    Movie

    Poster of the movie The Last Dance
    1993     Comedy-drama    
    1h 56min
    Original titleDaibyônin
    Original lang.Japanese
    CountryJapan

    A successful Japanese movie director in his 60s becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. His family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, but it gradually becomes clear. Coming to terms with his own mortality is painful, and involves some major conflicts with his wife and the hospital staff. But having done so, he realizes he doesn't want to die in the hospital on a life support machine. He manages to finish his final film, and, enjoying the last days of his life as never before, he dies at home surrounded by all the people he cares about.

    Directed byJûzô Itami
    Written byJûzô Itami
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    Starring

    Nobuko Miyamoto
    Rentarô Mikuni
    Yoshiki Arizono
    Tokie Hidari
    Yoshihiro Katô
    Midori Kiuchi
    Toshizô Kudô
    Mami Kumagai
    Noboru Mitani
    Takehiro Murata
    Chôei Takahashi
    Haruna Takase
    Akio Tanaka
    Kôichi Ueda

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