1778 Stories of Me and My Wife
2011, Japanese. Directed by Mamoru Hoshi.
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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- 2h 19m
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- Japanese
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- Released
- 16 January 2011
- Original title
- 僕と妻の1778の物語
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Who directed 1778 Stories of Me and My Wife?
1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011) was directed by Mamoru Hoshi and stars Yuko Takeuchi, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Ren Osugi.