TOKYO – “Departures” star Masahiro Motoki will head the cast of hot auteur Miwa Nishikawa’s new film “The Long Excuse.” The movie is a drama based on her own novel about a writer in mourning after ...

The film stars Masahiro Motoki as a widow coming to terms with his grief. Miwa Nishikawa is no stranger to the Toronto International Film Festival, as her last film, “Dream for Sale,” was screened at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In “The Long Excuse,” Masahiro Motoki — star of the Oscar-winning “Departures” — makes a startling comeback as a novelist who ...

Masahiro Motoki (本木雅弘 Motoki Masahiro, born December 21, 1965 in Okegawa, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best ...