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八重子のハミング (2017)

八重子のハミング poster
Country
Japan

How it feels

A husband writes short poems for his wife as she lives with Alzheimer's disease. The story follows their daily life after she returns from cancer surgery.

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What happens

『八重子のハミング』(やえこのハミング)は、陽信孝による短歌集・ノンフィクション書籍。2002年4月に小学館から『八重子のハミング : 4度のがん手術から生還した夫がアルツハイマーの妻に贈る、三十一文字のラブレター』のタイトルで発売され、2005年6月7日には文庫版が発売されている。 2016年に映画化された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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