A Litre of Tears (film)

A Litre of Tears (1リットルの涙, 1 Rittoru no Namida, literally "1 Litre of Tears") is a film based on Aya Kito (木藤亜也, Kitō Aya, July 19, 1962 – May 23, 1988)'s memoir, 1 Litre no Namida.[1]

A Litre of Tears
Japanese DVD cover of this film
Directed byRiki Okamura
Screenplay byTakao Tanaka
Bunta Yamamoto
Based on1 Litre no Namida
by Aya Kito
StarringYoshimi Ashikawa
Mitsuo Hamada
Yoneko Matsukane
Asae Oonishi
Release date
  • 10 February 2005 (2005-02-10) (Japan)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Asae Ōnishi is the lead actress, starring as Aya Kito. 9th grader (third year of junior high school) Aya Kito collapses on the way to school. Dr. Yamamoto discovers that Aya has spinocerebellar ataxia, a fatal and incurable disease that handicaps the body. Aya's mother, Shioka Kito (木藤 潮香, Kitō Shioka)[2] and Dr. Yamamoto let Aya record in a diary to tell her story and to live her life to the fullest.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ "1リットルの涙 上映会". ザテレビジョン. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ "佐賀市同和協会" (PDF). Saga (city). Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ "1リットルの涙 紹介". allabout. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ "1リットルの涙 上映会". Hiratsukacity. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

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