Long Goodbye (2014)

Long Goodbye 2014 / ロング・グッドバイ 2014 / The Long Goodbye, Rongu Guddobai

Set in Tokyo, Japan during the 1950's. Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife, Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu’s friend Banji Masuzawa works as a private detective. Banji has doubts about Tamotsu’s death, but the case is covered up by powerful media mogul Heizo Harada. Banji is then involved in another case involving the neighbors of the Harada family. He encounters drunk novelist Joji Kamiido, a publishing company editor and finally, a beautiful woman, Aiko, who holds the key to the case. As it looks like Banji has solved the case, something unexpected occurs. ~~ Adapted from the novel ‟The Long Goodbye‟ by Raymond Chandler.