April Bride

April Bride
Directed by	Ryuichi Hiroki
Written by	Hiroshi Saito
Starring	Nana Eikura Eita
Release dates	May 9, 2009
Running time	129 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$32,112,343[1]

April Bride (余命1ヶ月の花嫁 Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome) is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Ryuichi Hiroki.

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.

Cast

• Nana Eikura: Chie Nagashima
• Eita: Taro Akasu
• Satomi Tezuka
• Misako Yasuda
• Akira Emoto

Notes

• Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a woman afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.
• Chie Nagashima's story was also told in a 2007 TBS documentary.

Reception

April Bride was number one in the box office in its opening weekend.^[2] Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave the film a mostly positive review.^[3]

References

1. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fYOMEIIKKAGETSUNO01
2. Jason Gray (May 12, 2009). "April Bride weds the top spot at Japanese box office". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
3. Mark Schilling (May 8, 2009). "A weepy aimed straight at women". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• April Bride at the Internet Movie Database
• April Bride at Variety Japan