Monday, August 4, 2008
1 Litre Of Tears
Title: 一リットルの涙 (One Litre Of Tears/一公升的眼泪)
Type: Japanese Drama
Genre: Tragedy, drama, school, romance
No. of episodes: 11
Cast:
Erika Sawajiri - Aya Ikeuchi
Hiroko Yakushimaru - Shioka Ikeuchi (Aya's mother)
Ryō Nishikido - Haruto Asō (Aya's later love interest and her lover)
Takanori Jinnai - Mizuo Ikeuchi (Aya's father)
Riko Narumi - Ako Ikeuchi (Aya's little sister)
Naohito Fujiki - Hiroshi Mizuno (Doctor)
Saori Koide - Mari Sugiura (One of Aya's best friends)
Yuma Sanada - Hiroki Ikeuchi (Aya's little brother)
Ani Miyoshi - Rika Ikeuchi (Aya's youngest sister)
Kenichi Matsuyama - Yuji Kawamoto (Aya's first love interest)
Kana Matsumoto - Saki Matsumura
Momosuke Mizutani - Kohei Onda
Ryo Hashidume - Keita Nakahara
Hiroshi Katsuno - Yoshifumi Asō (Haruto's father)
Asae Onishi (大西麻恵) - Asumi Oikawa (Aya's roommate when she was in disability school. She has the same disease as Aya)
Yuuki Sato - Keisuke Asō (Haruto's brother)
Maya Hamaoka - Kikue Oikawa
Kazuko Katō (かとうかずこ) - Madoka Fujimura
Toshihide Tonesaku - Kiichi Takano (One of the volunteers at the disability who later gets married to the head teacher of the disability school)
Shigeyuki Satō - Nishino (Home room teacher of Aya when she was still in the normal high school)
Theme song(s):
Only Human by K
Konayuki (粉雪) and Sangatsu Kokonoka (3月9日) by Remioromen
Some theme songs by Susumu Ueda
Sypnosis:
(English)
This drama is based on the true story of a Japanese girl named Kito Aya, who was diagnosed with a disease called Spinocerebellar Degeneration when she was just 15 years old, and was able to continue her life until her death at the young age of 25 years old. She kept writing in her diary to remember her experiences until she could no longer hold a pen. Aya simply wished to live until the end of her life, and the purpose of writing in the diary was to remind herself to not give up. She shed tears many times, at the same time encompassed by the rich love and support from her family and friends...
(Chinese)
一位十五岁的国三少女木藤亚也，正要展开人生中最灿烂的高中生涯。嘲讽的是，她却在此时被告知得了一种罕见的绝症--脊髓小脑萎缩症。
肢体瘫痪，吞咽困难，无法言语，都是亚也未来面临的病症。她想写字，想快乐的奔跑，想要谈一场甜蜜的恋爱。想要回报父母的恩情，纵使知道未来的美好蓝图遂渐模糊，亚也仍毅然升入高中继续学业。直到病情益发严重，坐上轮椅的亚也最后终于同意转至岡崎养护学校。亚也努力用笔记录生活中对生命的思维与坚持，她并不怨恨父母给予她的身体，不怨恨上天为什么残忍地剥夺她生存的权利，她只是一直为自己的身体而奋斗，拖着日渐衰弱的身躯，慢慢朝前方那一道狭窄却存在的生存之门前进，一直到21岁她丧失意识...
[真人真事改编，一个女孩感动千万人！一个活出生命真义的奋斗故事！A real story for a girl who is seriously ill but fight against her disease!]
"跌倒又有什么关系，还可以再站起来，跌倒后，可以顺便仰望一下天空蓝蓝的天，今天也在无限延伸的朝着我微笑，我是活着的。I am glad to know that I am still alive."
This a really touching drama that is bound to make you cry! It touches your heart in such a deep manner that you will really feel very sad for this poor but very brave young lady-Kito Aya. Hurry and watch it now! It's really worth watching;D
If you want to grab a copy of your own, go to Plaza Singapura's TS on basement 2. It is now selling at $19.90! Hurry buy your own copy now or regret it!(: (You also can borrow from me if you want to. Just leave a tag.)
With credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Litre_of_Tears_(TV_series)
