Farewell for Today

(2013)

★ 8 IMDb · 118 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2013

Runtime: 109 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 菅原伸太郎

Cast: 大野智, 山田涼介, 深田恭子, 木村文乃, 美村里江, 岸本加世子, 三浦友和, 嶋田久作, 光石研, あがた森魚

Plot

Kouta Fujioka is a 29-year old man who has a good family, including his father who always supports him, his mother who enjoys cooking, and his older sister with her bright personality. He also has a girlfriend named Etsuko Tanebe. Kouta wants people to eat delicious foods made by him and begins a job as an apprentice chef at a restaurant. One day, Kouta suddenly passes out and is sent to the hospital, where he is diagnosed with malignant lymphoma, completely changing his life. Given three months left to live, Kouta makes up his mind, with the support of his family and those he meets at the hospital, to accept his fate and "face a proper death".