Movie: April Bride
Romaji: Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome
Japanese: 余命1ヶ月の花嫁
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Writer: Hiroshi Saito
Producer: Takashi Hirano
Cinematography: Koichi Saito
Release Date: May 9, 2009
Runtime: 129min.
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Toho, TBS
Distributer: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
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.
Notes
Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a women afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.
Chie Nagashima's story was also told in a 2007 TBS documentary.
Cast
Nana Eikura as Chie Nagashima
Eita as Taro Akasu
Additional Cast Members:
Akira Emoto - Sadashi Nagashima
Satomi Tezuka - Kayoko
Misako Yasuda - Hanako
Ren Osugi - Toshiro Akasu
Sanae Miyata - Taro's mom
Kanji Tsuda - Okada
Tomorowo Taguchi - Okuno
Misa Uehara - Satomi
Anri Ban
Tamae Ando