Drawing Closer

Drawing Closer (余命一年の僕が、余命半年の君と出会った話, Yomei Ichinen no Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi) is a 2024 Japanese romance drama film written and directed by Takahiro Miki and starring Ren Nagase and Natsuki Deguchi.^[2][3] It was released on Netflix on 27 June 2024.^[4]

Drawing Closer
Promotional release poster
Japanese	余命一年の僕が、余命半年の君と出会った話
Directed by	Takahiro Miki
Screenplay by	Takahiro Miki Tomoko Yoshida
Based on	Yomei Ichinen no Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi by Ao Morita
Produced by	Shuhei Akita Kei Haruna Sho Toguchi Tatsuya Banno
Starring	Ren Nagase Natsuki Deguchi
Cinematography	Hiroo Yanagida
Music by	Seiji Kameda
Production companies	Django Films Nikkatsu Corporation
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	27 June 2024 (2024-06-27) (Japan)
Running time	120 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Ren Nagase^[5] as Akito Hayasaka
• Natsuki Deguchi^[5] as Haruna Sakurai
• Mayuu Yokota^[5] as Ayaka Miura
• Kyoka Shibata^[6] as Eri Fujimoto
• Ikuho Akiya^[6] as Shōta Murai
• Rui Tsukishima^[6] as Natsumi Hayasaka
• Toru Nakamura^[5] as Kazuki Hayasaka, Akito Hayasaka's father
• Nene Otsuka^[5] as Itsumi Hayasaka, Akito Hayasaka's mother
• Kenji Mizuhashi^[6] as Haruna Sakurai's father
• Yasuko Matsuyuki^[5] as Hazuki Sakurai, Haruna Sakurai's mother
• Fumino Kimura^[5] as Mikiko
• Kazuki Otomo^[6] as Takada
• Atom Shukugawa^[6] as Art teacher
• Toru Nomaguchi^[6] as Doctor

Production

The films was announced on Netflix by Nikkatsu.^[7] It is based on Ao Morita's Yomei Ichinen no Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi.^[8]

Reception

Arjan Welles of FilmTotaal rated the film with 3.5/5 stars.^[9] Daniel Hart of Ready Steady Cut rated the film with 3/5 stars.^[10]

Tatat Bunnag of Bangkok Post,^[11] Matthew Donato of Collider,^[12] and John Serba of Decider also reviewed the film.^[13]