Farewell for Today
2013, Japanese. Directed by Shintaro Sugawara.
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".
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Shintaro SugawaraDirector
- Satoshi OhnoKouta Fujioka
- Ryosuke YamadaNobuo Harada
- Kyoko FukadaYuriko Ookubo
- Fumino KimuraEtsuko Tanabe
- Rie MimuraKoharu Fujioka
- Kayoko KishimotoYasuko Fujioka
- Tomokazu MiuraKenjiro Fujioka
- Kyusaku ShimadaHiroki Murayama
- Ken MitsuishiTetsuo Machida
- Morio AgataKokyuu
- Akari IijimaKoharu Fujioka (child)
- Kotoha TakashimaTsubasa
Details
- Released
- 24 August 2013
- Original title
- 今日の日はさようなら
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Atsuko Hashibe
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Farewell for Today runs 109 minutes (1h 49m).
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Which OTT platform is Farewell for Today on?
Farewell for Today isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 August 2013. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Farewell for Today?
If you liked Farewell for Today, try The Young One, The Ballad of Narayama, One Million Yen Girl.
Who directed Farewell for Today?
Farewell for Today (2013) was directed by Shintaro Sugawara and stars Satoshi Ohno, Ryosuke Yamada, Kyoko Fukada.