Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he has nothing to live for. A chance encounter with Minerva, a Filipina migrant worker who appears to sense his sadness, urges him to see his situation in a new way. A former nightclub entertainer, Minerva now works as a caregiver to provide for her only child in the Philippines. When Yoji discovers the decomposing corpse of his neighbor, an old man whose name he does not know, the death is ruled a kodokushi, or the lonely death. Unwilling to meet the same fate, Yoji throws caution to the wind to follow Minerva to Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.
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Lily Franky
Yoji
Maria Isabel Lopez
Minerva
Soliman Cruz
Toto
Charlie Dizon
Angel
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Natsuko Kimura
Stefanie Arianne
Sheila
Vikash Paliwal
Store Clerk
Nukata Shinichi
Suzuki
Reiko Kataoka
Aiko
Sheenly Gener
Krista
Ryo Iwamatsu
Kawase
Tetsu Sakuma
Senior Cleaner
Yuya Watanabe
Junior Cleaner
Takeshi Sato
Policeman
Ami Yokouchi
Hirayama
Janus Victoria
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Antoinette Jadaone
Executive Producer
Sylvia Sanchez
Executive Producer
Ho Yuhang
Executive Producer
Dan Villegas
Executive Producer, Producer
Ria Atayde
Executive Producer
Manet A. Dayrit
Executive Producer
Shôzô Ichiyama
Executive Producer
Masumi Soga
Executive Producer, Producer
Jaime G. Baltazar
Executive Producer
Lorna Tee
Executive Producer, Producer
Akiko Ashizawa
Director of Photography
Soo Mun Thye
Editor
Eero Francisco
Production Design
