April Bride

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.

April Bride
Directed by	Ryūichi Hiroki
Written by	Hiroshi Saito
Starring	Nana Eikura Eita
Release date	May 9, 2009 (2009-05-09)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$32,112,343[1]

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]