April Bride
2009 Japanese film
- May 9, 2009 (2009-05-09)
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April Bride (余命1ヶ月の花嫁, Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome) is a 2009 Japanese biographical romantic drama film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki.
Plot
On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live.
Cast
- Nana Eikura: Chie Nagashima
- Eita: Taro Akasu
- Satomi Tezuka
- Misako Yasuda
- Akira Emoto
Notes
- Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a woman afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.
- Chie Nagashima's story was also told in a 2007 TBS documentary.
Reception
April Bride was number one in the box office in its opening weekend.[2] Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave the film a mostly positive review.[3]
References
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- April Bride at IMDb
- April Bride at Variety Japan
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Films directed by Ryūichi Hiroki
- 800 Two Lap Runners (1994)
- Vibrator (2003)
- Kikansha Sensei (2004)
- Female (2005)
- It's Only Talk (2005)
- April Bride (2009)
- River (2011)
- Kiiroi Zou (2013)
- Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls (2014)
- Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)
- Her Granddaughter (2014)
- Ride or Die (2021)
- Noise (2022)
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