1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (僕と妻の1778の物語) 13 years old

Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer vacation. Since that time, the couple has always been together and eventually married.One day, Setsuko complains of a stomach ache and is hospitalized. Sakutaro then learns that his wife has colon cancer. Sakutaro takes the advice from his doctor that laughter helps the immune system and proceeds to write a short story for his wife every day. At first, Setsuko was expected to live for only 1 more year, but she lived for 5 more years and Sakutaro eventually wrote 1,778 short stories for his wife.

Credits

Yūko Takeuchi as Setsuko

Shōsuke Tanihara as Takizawa

Michiko Kichise as Takizawa's wife

Sumie Sasaki as Neighbor

Ren Osugi as Setsuko's doctor

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Sakutaro

1778 Stories of Me and My Wife Cast

Name	Character
Yūko Takeuchi She was 30, now 44 years old	as Setsuko
Shōsuke Tanihara He was 39, now 52 years old	as Takizawa
Michiko Kichise She was 36, now 49 years old	as Takizawa's wife
Sumie Sasaki She was 82, 90 years old when she died	as Neighbor
Ren Osugi He was 59, 66 years old when he died	as Setsuko's doctor
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi He was 36, now 50 years old	as Sakutaro
Jun Fubuki She was 58, now 72 years old	as Setsuko's mom

1778 Stories of Me and My Wife Crew

Name	Department
Mamoru Hoshi as Director. He was 52 (now 66) years old	Directing

1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (13 years)

Release day: Sunday, January 16, 2011
Runtime: 139 minutes