1 Litre no Namida Series Intro

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Details
* Title: １リットルの涙
* Title (romaji): 1 Litre no Namida
* Also known as: Ichi Rittoru no Namida / One Litre of Tears / A Diary with Tears
* Genre: School, romance, family, human
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Related TV shows: Tears of Happiness

Renzoku
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 15.31
* Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-11 to 2005-Dec-20
* Air time: Tuesday 21:00
* Ending theme song: Only Human by K
* Insert songs: Konayuki and 3/9 by Remioromen
* Drama OST: Ichi Rittoru no Namida OST

Synopsis
15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya was an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. She has been falling down often and walks strange. Her mother, Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor, and he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration - a terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind in the least. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?

Cast
* Sawajiri Erika as Ikeuchi Aya (15-20)
* Yakushimaru Hiroko as Ikeuchi Shioka (40-51)
* Nishikido Ryo as Asou Haruto (15-20)
* Jinnai Takanori as Ikeuchi Mizuo (45-56)
* Narumi Riko as Ikeuchi Ako (13-18)
* Fujiki Naohito as Mizuno Hiroshi (33-44)
* Koide Saori as Sugiura Mari (15-18)
* Sanada Yuma as Ikeuchi Hiroki (11-16)
* Miyoshi Ai as Ikeuchi Rika (5-10)
* Matsuyama Kenichi as Kawamoto Yuji (17)
* Matsumoto Kana as Matsumura Saki (15-18)
* Mizutani Momosuke as Onda Kohei (15-18)
* Hashizume Ryo as Nakahara Keita (15-18)
* Katsuno Hiroshi as Asou Yoshifumi (50-55)
* Oonishi Asae as Oikawa Asumi (16-17)
* Hamaoka Maya (浜丘麻矢) as Oikawa Kikue
* Kato Kazuko as Fujimura Madoka
* Tonesaku Toshihide as Takano Kiichi
* Sato Shigeyuki as Nishino (homeroom teacher)
* Aoi
* Kawahara Makoto
* Endo Yuya
* Hoshino Natsuko
* Sato Yuki as Asou Keisuke
* Umoto Yuki (兎本有紀)
* Kawaguchi Shouhei
* Kurita Yoko
* Nakada Yuya
* Okumura Tomofumi

Production Credits
* Original work: Kito Aya (木藤亜也)
* Screenwriters: Egashira Michiru, Oshima Satomi, Yokota Rie
* Producer: Kashikawa Satoko
* Director: Murakami Masanori
* Music: Ueda Susumu (上田益)

Episode Titles
* Ep 01: The beginning of my youth
* Ep 02: 15 years old, sickness that steals up
* Ep 03: Why did the illness chose me?
* Ep 04: Solitude of two people
* Ep 05: A handicapped person's notebook
* Ep 06: Heartless glances
* Ep 07: The place where I am
* Ep 08: 1 litre of tears
* Ep 09: I live now
* Ep 10: Love letter
* Ep 11: Faraway, to a place where there are no tears left to cry

Reviews
by Daemonneko

Based on a true story, One Litre of Tears is about the life story Kitou Aya (1962-1988) a girl who had an incurable disease called Spinocerebellar Degeneration Disease (also known as SCA type 2; spinocerebellar ataxia type 2)at a young age of 15. Although the girl in the drama - Ikeuchi Aya, lived in the 21st century, her character was based on Kitou Aya's life, how she struggled and fought her disease and how she wrote her deepest thoughts until the last day she could hold a pen. Before she died, her writings were published including the poems she wrote while she is staying in a school for the disabled. This gave new hopes to people who suffers the same disease as she did and soon Aya received letters of appreciation and thanks from those people. At the age of 25, she succumbed herself into a sleep where she could no longer feel any pain.

Ichi Rittoru no Namida is a heart-warming drama that will make people happy for the simple fact that they are alive, and will give hope to those who suffers from diseases and will make them think positive about living instead of giving up easily.

I give this drama two-thumbs up!

Special

DVD Cover for 1 Litre of Tears Special

* Title: 「１リットルの涙」特別篇‧追憶
* Viewership ratings: 17.0
* Broadcast date: 2007-Apr-05
* Air time: 21:00
* Insert song: Umarekuru Kodomotachi no Tame ni by Oda Kazumasa (uncredited)

Synopsis
This special is set half a year after the death of Aya. Her younger sister Ako is training to be a nurse, while Haruto has already become a neurologist at the hospital Aya was once treated at. The loss of Aya strongly affects Haruto, causing him to lose sight of himself. But after he meets Mizuki, a 14-year-old patient who has given up on living, he feels compelled to share with her the story of Aya's life.

Cast
* Sawajiri Erika as Ikeuchi Aya
* Yakushimaru Hiroko as Ikeuchi Shioka
* Nishikido Ryo as Asou Haruto
* Jinnai Takanori as Ikeuchi Mizuo
* Narumi Riko as Ikeuchi Ako
* Fujiki Naohito as Mizuno Hiroshi
* Morimoto Sarasa (森本更紗) as Ikeuchi Rika
* Okamoto Anri (岡本杏理) as Nagashima Mizuki
* Komoto Masahiro as Takigawa Makoto
* Iwahashi Michiko (岩橋道子) as Sakurai Naoko
* Matsumoto Kana as Matsumura Saki

Production Credits
* Original writing: Kito Aya (木藤亜也)
* Screenwriter: Yokota Rie
* Producers: Ogura Hisao, Emori Hiroko (江森浩子)
* Director: Murakami Shosuke (村上正典)
* Music: Ueda Susumu (上田益)