1778 Stories of Me and My Wife

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 16, 2011

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi,Ren Osugi,Yasuto Kosuda,Sumie Sasaki,Shosuke Tanihara,Jun Fubuki,Michiko Kichise,Yuko Takeuchi

Director

Mamoru Hoshi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1545979