April Bride (2009)
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. A young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer but keeps the information from her boyfriend. When he finds out, he decides to plan a wedding even though she only has one month to live. Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a women afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
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Eita Nagayama as Taro Akasu |
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Nana Eikura as Chie Nagashima |
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Akira Emoto as Teishi Nagashima |
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Ren Osugi as Toshiro Akasu |
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Satomi Tezuka as Kayoko |
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Tomorowo Taguchi as Okuno |
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Kanji Tsuda as Okada |
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Ryuki Nishimoto as |
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Hiroshi Yamamoto as |
| Production | Takashi Hirano | Producer |
| Directing | Ryuichi Hiroki | Director |
| Writing | Hiroshi Saito | Writer |
| Editing | Jun'ichi Kikuchi | Editor |
| Sound | Ohashi Trio | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Meichô Tomiyama | Gaffer |
| Art | Tomoyuki Maruo | Production Design |
| Sound | Makio Ika | Sound |
| Camera | Kōichi Saitō | Director of Photography |