Underplayed Gems

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas poster
Original title
君の膵臓をたべたい
Directed by
Shinichiro Ushijima
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
PG
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 1,805 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A quiet high school boy learns that his outgoing classmate Sakura has a terminal pancreas illness. Despite their different personalities they form a close friendship and spend her remaining time together.

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What happens

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Japanese: 君の膵臓をたべたい, Hepburn: Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai) is a 2018 Japanese animated coming-of-age drama film based on the light novel of the same name by Yoru Sumino. Produced by Studio VOLN and distributed by Aniplex, the film is written and directed by Shinichiro Ushijima and stars Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuma Uchida, Jun Fukushima, Atsuko Tanaka, Shin-ichiro Miki, and Emi Wakui. In the film, a male high school student befriends his classmate Sakura Yamauchi, who is revealed to have a terminal illness in her pancreas. An anime film adaptation of the light novel was announced in August 2017. The staff for the film revealed in March 2018, with Takasugi and Lynn being announced as the unnamed male high school student and Sakura, respectively. The remaining cast were revealed in June, July, and August 2018. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas held its preview screening in Tokyo on July 24, 2018, and was released in Japan on September 1. The film grossed over $6 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics, who praised the story and its message, animation, and writing. The film received several nominations from film festivals held at Sitges and Scotland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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