Death of a Japanese Salesman (2011)

Original title

エンディングノート

Directed by

Mami Sunada

Genre

documentary film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A daughter documents her father's final months as he faces terminal illness. The film follows the family's everyday experiences with his declining health.

intimatecontemplativepoignantobservationalgentlepersonalsomberreflective

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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