1778 Stories of Me and My Wife

(2011)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 13 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2011

Runtime: 140 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 星護

Cast: 竹内結子, 草彅剛, 大杉漣, 谷原章介, 吉瀬美智子, Дзюн Фубуки, 佐々木すみ江, 小須田康人

Plot

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.