April Bride

April Bride

129 mins | Drama | May 9, 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.

April Bride

129 mins | Drama | May 9, 2009

April Bride
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., TBS
Original title 余命1ヶ月の花嫁
Directors Ryuichi Hiroki
Writers Hiroshi Saito

Cast

Eita Nagayama

as Taro Akasu

Nana Eikura

as Chie Nagashima

Akira Emoto

as Teishi Nagashima

Ren Osugi

as Toshiro Akasu

Satomi Tezuka

as Kayoko

Tomorowo Taguchi

as Okuno

Kanji Tsuda

as Okada