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Kimi ni todoku koe (2008)

Kimi ni todoku koe poster
Directed by
Toshi Shioya
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 36m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor who gave up on his career in Tokyo takes a job at a clinic on a remote island. There he meets a girl with a serious heart condition and gradually finds a reason to keep going.

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What happens

『きみに届く声』(きみにとどくこえ)は、2008年の日本映画。渡辺淳一の小説「少女の死ぬ時」を原作とした、 塩屋俊の監督による作品。EXILEのMAKIDAIこと眞木大輔の主演映画。 東京で挫折した医師が、逃げるように離島の診療所へ赴任する。そこで重い心臓病を患った少女と出会い、立ち直っていく様子を描いている。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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