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1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15, but was able to continue her life until her death at the age of 25.


Your whole outlook on life can change in an instant. Takuto Sawada (Haruma Miura) is your average college student. But one day, he finds out that he has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and only has a short time to live. How will he choose to spend the remaining days of his precious life?

Haruma Miura
Takuto Sawada

Mikako Tabe
Megumi Hongo

Takumi Saitoh
Shigeyuki Mukai

Shunsuke Kazama
Mamoru Mizushima

Mizuki Yamamoto
Hina Murayama

Mieko Harada
Sawako Sawada

Miyoko Asada
Shoko Hongo

Mantaro Koichi
Akio Sawada

Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Tanimoto

Shuhei Nomura
Rikuto Sawada
The Hours of My Life is a drama, family series that first aired in 2014 exploring themes of terminal illness, disability, job hunting. Created by Atsuko Hashibe, it stars Haruma Miura, Mikako Tabe, Takumi Saitoh. Your whole outlook on life can change in an instant. Takuto Sawada (Haruma Miura) is your average college student. But one day, he finds out that he has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and only has a short time to live. How will he choose to spend the remaining days of his precious life?
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