Thomas Ash
おみおくり〜Sending Off〜
Nippon Docs ¾
SENDING OFF follows the patients of Dr. Kaoru KONTA and her team of nurses as they provide hospice care to patients in their homes in rural Japan. A special focus is directed at the deepening relationships the patients form with their families as they reach the end of their lives. Sometimes difficult to watch, the film challenges us to think about how we live our own lives and how we would like to die.
Winner of the Nippon Docs Award
2019
おみおくり〜Sending Off〜
Omiokuri 〜Sending Off〜
日本 2019
79 分
監督
Thomas Ash
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海外セールス
Thomas Ash
About Thomas Ash
Thomas Ash received his MA in Film and Television Production from the University of Bristol. His first feature-length documentary, THE BALLAD OF VICKI AND JAKE (2006), was internationally acclaimed. Himself a US citizen, he has been living in Japan since 2004. His films have focused on issues surrounding the healthcare system, death, and illness. He received the NIPPON VISIONS AWARD in 2013 for his documentary A2-B-C (2013 / NC ’13), the NIPPON VISIONS AUDIENCE AWARD in 2015 for -1287 (2014 / NC ’15) and the NIPPON DOCS AWARD in 2019 for SENDING OFF (2019 / NC ’19).