Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her heart stops momentarily, and she falls into a deep coma. Hisashi visits Mai at the hospital every day before work. With no idea if or when she will ever awake, Mai’s parents encourage Hisashi to find someone else, but he refuses to give up and continues to pray for her recovery. As if his prayers are answered, Mai begins to regain consciousness several years later, and even utters a few words. But tragically, she has suffered brain damage and has no memory of Hisashi.
Takeru Satoh
Hisashi
Tao Tsuchiya
Mai Nakahara
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Hatsumi Nakahara
Tetta Sugimoto
Koji Nakahara
Kazuki Kitamura
Shibata
Kenta Hamano
Kosuke Murota
Yuri Nakamura
岛尾真美子 Mamiko Shimao
Keisuke Horibe
Doctor Wada
Kanji Furutachi
CEO of Somen Factory
Maho Yamada
The 8-Year Engagement is a drama, romance film released in 2017 exploring themes of amnesia, based on novel or book, based on true story, memory loss, autobiographical. Directed by Takahisa Zeze, it stars Takeru Satoh, Tao Tsuchiya, Hiroko Yakushimaru. Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her heart stops momentarily, and she falls into a deep coma. Hisashi visits Mai at the hospital every day before work. With no idea if or when she will ever awake, Mai’s parents encourage Hisashi to find someone else, but he refuses to give up and continues to pray for her recovery. As if his prayers are answered, Mai begins to regain consciousness several years later, and even utters a few words. But tragically, she has suffered brain damage and has no memory of Hisashi.
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