1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (DVD) (Standard Edition) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2
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Loosely based on the autobiographical novel by sci-fi writer Mayumura Taku, 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife is an emotionally touching drama about a man's determination to keep his wife alive. SMAP's Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (Ballad) plays a writer who, at the suggestion of a doctor, keeps his terminally ill wife (Takeuchi Yuko) alive with him by writing one short story a day to make her laugh. Written by Hanzawa Ritsuko (Threads of Destiny) and directed by Hoshi Mamoru (University of Laughs), this adult-oriented pure romance effectively gets the tears flowing while also dazzling the audiences by bringing the imaginative sci-fi short stories to life.
Writer Sakutaro (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi) and his wife Setsuko (Takeuchi Yuko) have been inseparable since high school. When Setsuko starts getting stomach pains, she sees a doctor and is diagnosed with colon cancer. The doctor tells Sakutaro that laughter can help the immune system, prompting him to begin writing one short story a day for Setsuko. Initially only given a year left to live, Setsuko begins to find a will to live because of the stories. Even as the one-year period extends into years, Sakutaro continues writing stories on a daily basis, as long as Setsuko is around to read them.
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| Product Title: | 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (DVD) (Standard Edition) (Japan Version) 我與妻子的1778個故事 (DVD) (Standard Edition) (日本版) 我与妻子的1778个故事 (DVD) (Standard Edition) (日本版) 僕と妻の１７７８の物語 スタンダード・エディション 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (DVD) (Standard Edition) (Japan Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Kusanagi Tsuyoshi | Sasaki Sumie | Fubuki Jun | Takeuchi Yuko | Tanihara Shosuke | Osugi Ren | Kohinata Fumiyo | Asano Kazuyuki | Kichise Michiko 草彅剛 | Sasaki Sumie | 風吹純 | 竹內結子 | 谷原章介 | 大杉漣 | 小日向文世 | 淺野和之 | 吉瀨美智子 草彅刚 | Sasaki Sumie | 风吹纯 | 竹内结子 | 谷原章介 | 大杉涟 | 小日向文世 | 浅野和之 | 吉濑美智子 草なぎ剛 | 佐々木すみ江 | 風吹ジュン | 陰山泰 | 竹内結子 | 谷原章介 | 大杉漣 | 小日向文世 | 浅野和之 | 吉瀬美智子 초난강 | Sasaki Sumie | Fubuki Jun | Takeuchi Yuko | Tanihara Shosuke | Osugi Ren | Kohinata Fumiyo | Asano Kazuyuki | Kichise Michiko |
| Director: | Hoshi Mamoru 星護 星护 星護 Hoshi Mamoru |
| Release Date: | 2011-07-09 |
| Publisher Product Code: | PCBC-51974 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | Japanese |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it? |
| Publisher: | Fuji TV |
| Other Information: | DVD |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1024317280 |
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主人公は、ＳＦ作家の牧村朔太郎〈サク〉と、彼を献身的に支えてきた妻・節子。慎ましく穏やかに日々を過ごす夫婦に、ある衝撃の知らせが突きつけられるところから物語は始まる。大腸がんに冒された節子の余命は、あと１年——。動揺し、絶望しながらも節子に事実を告げまいとするサク。「人は笑うと免疫力が上がる」という医師の言葉を頼みの綱に、１日１編の短編小説を妻に贈ることを決意する。世界中でたったひとりの読者のために。そして、奇跡が起きた…。お互いを思いやる２人の生き方が日本中の心をあたたかくする。 映像特典:スポット集／予告編
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November 7, 2011
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Warm-hearted weeper
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"Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom," wrote the Psalmist (Ps. 90:12), and that simple theme lies at the heart of "1,778 Stories of Me & My Wife." Former high school sweethearts Sakutaro (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi) and Setsuko (Takeuchi Yuko) truly are a happily married couple, perfectly content with their simple lives together, he working as an obscure science fiction writer and she as an office worker. When Setsuko experiences stomach pains, her neighbor suggests that Setsuko may be pregnant, but a visit to her doctor's office reveals a much more fateful cause. Setsuko has terminal colon cancer. The doctor tells Sakutaro that his wife likely only has a year to live and, even with treatments, will have no more than five years. With this heartbreaking news, Sakutaro undertakes to write his wife one humorous short story each day, with the hope that laughter may strengthen Setsuko's immune system and lengthen her life. As she lives past one year, Sakutaro begins to hope that he may be able to prolong Setsuko's life indefinitely through the charm of his stories and he pours his heart into them. As he writes, we become immersed in the delightfully quirky fantasy tales he writes. Of course, the very title of this movie gives away the fact that Sakutaro's hope will not be realized. Setsuko's advancing illness inevitably leads to pain medication that leaves her asleep almost all of the time. This presents a challenge to the film, one that it fails to overcome; the movie still has a full forty minutes left to run, but it is deprived of Takeuchi Yuko's irresistible charm. We are left with Kusanagi Tsuyoshi depiction of Sakutaro's growing anguish at the imminence of his dear wife's death. Kusanagi vividly brings this anguish to life, but forty minutes of tears may be a bit overlong. Fortunately, "1,778 Stories of Me & My Wife" mostly steers clear of mawkishness through its focus on treasuring the time we have rather than mourning what we can't keep. Kusanagi Tsuyoshi brings a nuanced approach to navigating Sakutaro's grief process and Takeuchi Yuko creates a brave character of appealing warmth. Keep a handkerchief or two handy when watching this film; evened the most hardened of souls will be crying 1,778 or so tears. |
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