Underplayed Gems

1 Litre no Namida (2005)

1 Litre no Namida poster
Original title
1リットルの涙
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 11 episodes
Rated
TV-G
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 161 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A teenage girl learns she has an incurable degenerative disease. The story follows her struggle to live with the condition while keeping a diary for as long as she can.

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What happens

1 Litre no Namida (1リットルの涙; lit. "1 Litre of Tears"; also called A Diary with Tears or A Diary of Tears) is a 2005 Japanese television drama series broadcast by Fuji TV. The story based on the story of Aya Kitō, who suffered from a degenerative disease and died at the age of 25. Directed by Riki Okamura, it stars Erika Sawajiri, Ryō Nishikido, Hiroko Yakushimaru and Takanori Jinnai. The script is based on Aya's diary that she kept writing in until she could no longer hold a pen. The diary was later titled One Litre of Tears and sold over 1.1 million copies in Japan. A new film is scheduled for 2027, with Nishikido reprising his role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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