1 Litre no Namida (TV series)

Ichi Litre no Namida
Genre Drama, school, romance, tragedy
Starring Erika Sawajiri
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Ryō Nishikido
Takanori Jinnai
Ending theme "Only Human" (K)
Country of origin Japan
Original language(s) Japanese
No. of episodes 11 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Satoko Kashikawa
Broadcast
Original channel Fuji Television
Original run October 11, 2005 – December 20, 2005
Chronology
Followed by 1 Litre of Tears: Memories

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 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.

Plot

This drama is based on the real-life struggles of a 15-year-old girl named Aya who suffered from an incurable disease, but lived life to the fullest until her death at 25. The script is based on the diary Aya kept writing until she could no longer hold a pen. The book that later followed, entitled, One Litre of Tears has sold over 1.1 million copies in Japan alone.

Fifteen-year-old Ikeuchi Aya is an ordinary girl, soon to be high school student and daughter of a family who works at a shop that makes tofu. As time passes, unusual things start happening to Aya. She begins falling down often and walking strangely. Her mother Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor, and he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration - a rare 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.

Episodes

# Title Original airdate
1 "The Beginning of my Youth"
"Aru seishuun no hajimari" (ある青春の始まり) 		October 11, 2005
2 "15 years old, sickness that steals up"
"15sai, shinobiyoru byouki" (15才、忍びよる病魔) 		October 18, 2005
3 "Why did the illness choose me?"
"Byouki ha doushite watashi wo erandano" (病気はどうして私を選んだの) 		October 25, 2005
4 "The Loneliness of Two"
"Futari no kodoku" (二人の孤独) 		November 1, 2005
5 "A disabled person's notebook"
"Shougaija tenchou" (障害者手帳) 		November 8, 2005
6 "Heartless glances"
"Kokoronai shisen" (心ない視線) 		November 15, 2005
7 "The place where I am"
"Watashi no iru basho" (私のいる場所) 		November 22, 2005
8 "1 Litre of Tears"
"1 rittoru no namida" (1リットルの涙) 		November 29, 2005
9 "I live now"
"Ima wo ikiru" (今を生きる) 		December 6, 2005
10 "Love Letter"
"Raburetā" (ラブレター) 		December 13, 2005
11 "Far away, to the place where tears are exhausted"
"Tooku he, namida no tsukita basho ni" (遠くへ、涙の尽きた場所に) 		December 20, 2005
sp "Special Drama of 1 Litre of Tears: Memory"
"「1 rittoru no namida」 tokubetsuhen tsuioku" (「1リットルの涙」特別篇‧追憶) 		April 7, 2007

Special episode

On April 5, 2007, Fuji Television aired a three hour special of the series set five years after Aya's death and focuses on Haruto Asō, who has now become a doctor at the same hospital Aya was treated in and Ako Ikeuchi, Aya's younger sister who is a nurse in training. Haruto is caring for a 14-year-old female patient, Mizuki, who was bullied in school because of her disease, the same one that Aya had. Because of the bullying at school, Mizuki-chan decides not to receive therapy of any sort that would make her better, because she has lost her will to live. Haruto remembers how Aya fought her illness and lived her life with her disease; therefore, he offers support to his patient. Aya reappears in the episode using a number of flashbacks from the series and in new scenes.[1]

Casts

Main cast

Other cast

Asae Onishi starred in the 2004 movie version of the same title.

Alternate versions of this drama

Indonesian Production House SinemArt's[2] drama, titled Buku Harian Nayla[3] (Nayla's Diary), plagiarizes 1 Litre of Tears. The series bears some striking resemblances, like the name "Aya" being replaced with "Nayla" (Chelsea Olivia) and Moses (Ralph Glenn Alinskie) in place of Asou. The series aired in RCTI as a special Christmas series. The comparison between the two series have been discussed by the show's audience.[4] The scenario was written by Serena Luna (or sometimes called Chevyra Edenia).

Indonesian fans of 1 Litre no Namida have reported this admitted act of plagiarism to Fuji TV and the Indonesian mass media, but there has yet to be a response. What most upsets the fans is that RCTI failed to credit or acknowledge Fuji TV and 1 Litre of Tears, from which the story is presumed to have been adapted, and noted that "This story is fictitious: the similarities of names, characters, places, and times are purely coincidental."

Amrita TV is to dub 1 Litre no Namida. And Chinese drama Tears of Happiness is based on this drama.

Episode Ratings

Episode Kanto Kansai Nationwide
01 13.5 15.6 12.7
02 15.1 ??.? ??.?
03 13.5 ??.? ??.?
04 12.3 ??.? ??.?
05 14.6 ??.? ??.?
06 15.2 ??.? ??.?
07 16.2 ??.? ??.?
08 15.4 ??.? ??.?
09 15.5 ??.? ??.?
10 16.6 ??.? ??.?
11 20.5 ??.? ??.?
average 15.31 ??.? ??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Broadcasts

Japan

Hong Kong

Singapore

Indonesia

Taiwan

Malaysia

Thailand

Philippines

Vietnam

Soundtrack

  1. 1 littoru no namida -Main Theme-
  2. hurdle wo koete
  3. anata ga oshiete kure tamono -ai no Theme-
  4. yasashisa ni tsutsumarete
  5. anji
  6. sunadokei
  7. kimi e no Long Pass
  8. rakujitsu
  9. shinobiyoru byouma
  10. furi aoge ba aoi sora
  11. namida no imi
  12. senkoku
  13. mou utae nai
  14. te wo nobase ba anata ga
  15. kunou no senritsu
  16. nagare yuku jikan
  17. sagashi te goran
  18. nigiyaka na danran
  19. toumei na sekai
  20. seimei aru kagiri -Sub Theme-
  21. Only Human (Piano Version)
  22. konayuki (Piano Version)
  23. Only Human (Cello Version)
  24. K - Only Human
  25. Remioromen - Konayuki
  26. Remioromen - sangatsu kokonoka (9 March)

References

  1. ↑ まだ泣き足りない？フジ系「１リットルの涙」４・５スペシャル (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 10, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Sinemart". Sinemart. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  3. ↑ Error
  4. ↑ Lautan Indonesia - Welcome

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