April Bride

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April Bride
Directed byRyūichi Hiroki
Written byHiroshi Saito
StarringNana Eikura
Eita
Release date
  • May 9, 2009 (2009-05-09)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$32,112,343[1]

April Bride (余命1ヶ月の花嫁, Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome) is a 2009 Japanese biographical romantic drama film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki.

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.

Notes

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  • 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

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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

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