April Bride

April Bride
April Bride
Directed by	Ryūichi Hiroki
Written by	Hiroshi Saito
Starring	Nana Eikura ; Eita
Release date	May 9, 2009 (2009-05-09);
Running time	129 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$32,112,343

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

[1] "April Bride".

[2] 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.

[3] Mark Schilling (May 8, 2009). "A weepy aimed straight at women". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

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