April Bride (Japanese) 2009

December 1, 2009 · Posted in Drama, Family, Japanese Movies, Movies, Romance | Share

April Bride

AKA: Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome
Directed: Ryuichi Hiroki
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Year: 2009
Runtime: 02:09:48
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English & Chinese
Cast: Nana Eikura, Eita, Satomi Tezuka, Misako Yasuda, Akira Emoto

Synopsis / 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.

Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a women afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.

Chie Nagashima’s story was also told in a 2007 TBS documentary.