13 Season
259 Episode
Hometown Stories - Season 12 Episode 18 The Final Journey
"The Car of Hope" is a volunteer project that helps terminally ill patients visit one last place that is special to them in their final days. A terminal cancer patient in his 70s wants to take his wife to a flower garden once more. A husband wants to take his severely ill wife to an aquarium, so she can forget her illness for a while. A nurse who accompanies them on the trip says it's a journey of hope that allows patients to live out their life as they used to do. We follow them on their final journey.
- Year: 2024
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: NHK, NHK WORLD-JAPAN
- Keyword: way of life, hometown, culture, community spirit, social awareness, life story, working life
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- Cast: lae astra