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1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)

Overview

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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Mamoru Hoshi

Director

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

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

Extra

Release Date

January 16, 2011

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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