1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
720p BluRay Rip | MKV | 1278 x 720 | x264 @ 4515 Kbps | 140 min | 5,20 Gb
Audio: Japanese AC3 2.0 @ 640 Kbps | Subs: English, T/S Chinese
Genre: Drama | Japan
720p BluRay Rip | MKV | 1278 x 720 | x264 @ 4515 Kbps | 140 min | 5,20 Gb
Audio: Japanese AC3 2.0 @ 640 Kbps | Subs: English, T/S Chinese
Genre: Drama | Japan
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.
IMDB
For those watch a lot of Japanese cinema, you know that there is no shortage of the romantic drama. It seems every year there is a gamut of ‘pure love’ stories that feature beautiful people and are meant to tug at the heartstrings. I suppose this is also true of many films in the United States but Japanese films, in my opinion, have the genre down to a science and many times they are formulaic to a fault. This isn’t bad necessarily and many of these films are considerably well acted with real talent behind the production. 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife is based on a true story and is a film that released early in 2011. This film features two of Japan’s biggest stars teamed with a relatively unknown director, a cautionary signal if any. So is this film just more of the same, or does it bring something new to the table?
A author decides to write a short story every day for his wife after he finds out she has cancer. It is a very sad and moving film, done just wonderfully; I do not cry in films but I shed a few tears watching this, the eccentric writer has a perfect wife, one who adores his 'difficult' mannerisms and loves him for it. Course then you have the journey that both characters go through as cancers tears his wife apart and destroys his world, only finding solitude in his stories that are designed with one simple objective…Make her laugh! The film has some very odd moments…like the 'Octopus' which I just loved and the robot war, quite sad but all that just helps make this film all the more powerful.
Beautifully acted, written and directed…A real heart-breaker!IMDB Reviewer
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
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