1778 Stories of Me and My Wife

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1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)

Directed by Mamoru Hoshi

Drama · 2h 19m

Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer vacation. Since that time, the couple has always been together and eventually married.One day, Setsuko complains of a stomach ache and is hospitalized. Sakutaro then learns that his wife has colon cancer. Sakutaro takes the advice from his doctor that laughter helps the immune system and proceeds to write a short story for his wife every day. At first, Setsuko was expected to live for only 1 more year, but she lived for 5 more years and Sakutaro eventually wrote 1,778 short stories for his wife.

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Cast

Yuko Takeuchi Setsuko Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Sakutaro Ren Osugi Setsuko's doctor Shosuke Tanihara Takizawa Michiko Kichise Takizawa's wife Jun Fubuki Setsuko's mom Sumie Sasaki Neighbor Yasuto Kosuda Newspaper bill collector

Crew

Director
Mamoru Hoshi
Editor
Shinji Kawamura

Details

Original title
僕と妻の1778の物語
Release date
2011-01-16
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
Drama
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan