“Aogeba Totoshi” deals with the issues of mortality and death through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi (played by popular TV personality and media commentator Terry Ito) is also grappling with the issue of mortality as he deals with the impending death of his ailing father, who has decided to spend his final days in the family home. As the story progresses, Koichi finds unexpected solace from his grief by letting his troubled student visit and meet with his father in the hopes that he will understand the meaning of life and death. —IMDb Review
Jun Ichikawa (市川 準 Ichikawa Jun?, 25 November 1948 – 19 September 2008) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first an award-winning director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities.His most famous film outside of Japan was Tony Takitani, an adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage after suddenly collapsing at a restaurant, shortly before his latest film, Buy a Suit, was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival. —Wikipedia