April Bride
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Directed by | Ryūichi Hiroki |
Written by | Hiroshi Saito |
Starring | Nana Eikura Eita |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $32,112,343[1] |
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[]
- ^ "April Bride".
- ^ Jason Gray (May 12, 2009). "April Bride weds the top spot at Japanese box office". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ Mark Schilling (May 8, 2009). "A weepy aimed straight at women". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
External links[]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- April Bride at IMDb
- April Bride at Variety Japan
Categories:
- 2009 films
- Japanese-language films
- 2009 biographical drama films
- Japanese biographical drama films
- Japanese films
- Films directed by Ryūichi Hiroki
- 2009 drama films
- 2000s Japanese film stubs
- 2000s drama film stubs