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1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)

2h 19m

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1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)

Name: 1778 Stories of Me and My Wife
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011-01-16

2h 19m

Running Time

Plot.

Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer vacation. Since that time, the couple has always been together and eventually married.One day, Setsuko complains of a stomach ache and is hospitalized. Sakutaro then learns that his wife has colon cancer. Sakutaro takes the advice from his doctor that laughter helps the immune system and proceeds to write a short story for his wife every day. At first, Setsuko was expected to live for only 1 more year, but she lived for 5 more years and Sakutaro eventually wrote 1,778 short stories for his wife.

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Cast & Crew.

Yûko Takeuchi

Setsuko

Kazuyuki Asano

Owner

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Sakutaro

Ren Osugi

Setsuko's doctor

Yôko Imamoto

Sakutaro's mother

Shosuke Tanihara

Takizawa

Michiko Kichise

Takizawa's wife

Tai Kageyama

Nimi

Jun Fubuki

Setsuko's mom

Sumie Sasaki

Neighbor

Yasuto Kosuda

Newspaper bill collector

Mamoru Hoshi

Director

Masaaki Ito

Line Producer

Taku Mayumura

Writer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 16, 2011

Original Name
僕と妻の1778の物語

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 19m

Genres
Drama

Wiki.

1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (僕と妻の1778の物語, Boku to tsuma no 1778 no monogatari) is a 2011 Japanese film based on the true story of the science fiction writer Taku Mayumura. It was directed by Mamoru Hoshi, and stars actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and actress Yūko Takeuchi. The film is the fourth in the so-called "Boku Series" starring Kusanagi, and the first to based on a book. Much of the staff of the other three films continued their work on this film.1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife was released in Japanese cinemas on 15 January 2011.