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Going My Home (2012)

Going My Home poster
Original title
ゴーイング マイ ホーム
Directed by
Koreeda Hirokazu
Cast
Abe Hiroshi, Yamaguchi Tomoko, Miyazaki Aoi, YOU, Yasuda Ken, Arai Hirofumi, Bakarhythm, Natsuyagi Isao
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man's elderly father collapses into a coma. The family gathers and waits while learning about their father's life including his secret romances.

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What happens

Going My Home (Japanese: ゴーイング マイ ホーム) is a 2012 Japanese television series, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and featuring Abe Hiroshi. The elderly father of a family collapses and lies in a coma. While waiting for him to recover, the family learns and investigates about his life, in particular his romantic affairs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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