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drama

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for Fuji Television

Fuji Television

is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

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 beautifully moving 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 was just a normal girl, soon to be high school student and daughter of a family who works at a shop that makes tofu. As time passed, unusual things started happening to Aya lately. She started falling down often and walking in a strange way. 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?

Episodes

#	Title	Original airdate

Special episode

On April 5, 2007, Fuji Television aired a three hour special of the series set half a year 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.

Main cast

Erika Sawajiri
Erika Sawajiri
is a Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Her alias in her music career was Kaoru Amane, but she has recently started her own project under the name Erika...

- Aya Ikeuchi
Ryō Nishikido
Ryo Nishikido
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is a member of the Johnny & Associates boy band Kanjani Eight and was a member of boy band NEWS.- Biography :Ryo Nishikido was born in Hyogo on November 3, 1984 and raised in Osaka. He made his major debut in 2004 as an actor and a singer. Nishkido belongs to two...

- Haruto Asō (Aya's later love interest)

Other Cast

Naohito Fujiki
Naohito Fujiki
is a Japanese actor and singer.- Singles :# [1999.07.07] 世界の果て～the end of the world～# [1999.11.17] 虹～waiting for the rainbow～# [2000.07.19] パーフェクトワールド # [2000.11.01] コズミックライダー # [2001.04.18] 2 HEARTS# [2001.08.01] anon...

- Hiroshi Mizuno (Doctor)
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Hiroko Yakushimaru
is a Japanese actress and vocalist.After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who made debut after a similar process, she was often described as one of "Kadokawa Sannimusume" in her early...

- Ikeuchi Shioka
Takanori Jinnai
Takanori Jinnai
is a Japanese actor, film director, and singer. He was born August 12, 1958 in Okawa, Fukuoka. He made his directorial debut with Rockers , a 2003 film based on his years as vocalist for the punk rock band The Rockers . He was nominated best actor for a Japanese Academy Award three times, once in...

- Ikeuchi Mizuo
Riko Narumi
Riko Narumi
is a Japanese actress and model.-Films:-Dramas:-External links:* at Ken On Entertainment...

- Ikeuchi Ako
Yuma Sanada - Ikeuchi Hiroki
Ai Miyoshi - Ikeuchi Rika
Saori Koide - Mari Sugiura (One of Aya's best friends)
Kenichi Matsuyama - Yuji Kawamoto (Aya's first love interest)
Yuya Endo
Yuya Endo
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known most notably for his role as Ryoma Echizen in the Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu. He is also part of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-BOYS, which perform in various skit-like performances, and is currently the group's leader.-Career:Endo's...

- Takeda Makoto (Yuji's friend in the Basketball club)
Kana Matsumoto - Saki Matsumura
Momosuke Mizutani - Kohei Onda
Ryo Hashidume - Keita Nakahara
Hiroshi Katsuno - Yoshifumi Asō (Haruto's father) - Asumi Oikawa (Aya's roommate when she was in disability school. She has the same disease as Aya) - Kikue Oikawa (Asumi's mother)
Yuuki Sato
Yuki Sato
, also credited as , is a Japanese voice actor who is represented by Aoni Production.-Anime:* Aoki Densetsu Shoot! * Blue Gender * Dragon Ball GT * Lady! Lady! * Sakigake!! Otokojuku...

- Keisuke Asō (Haruto's brother)
Maya Hamaoka - Madoka Fujimura
Toshihide Tonesaku - Kiichi Takano (One of the volunteers at the disability who later gets married to the head teacher of the disability school)
Shigeyuki Satō - Nishino (Home room teacher of Aya when she was still in the normal high school)
Aoi
Aoi
Aoi may refer to:*Ao , a Japanese color word **Aoi, the Japanese adjectival form of ao*Aoi, the Japanese name for various plants used in Japanese heraldry, including the hollyhock and the wild ginger...

- Tomita (High School Girl who likes Haruto & is jealous of Aya)
Anri Okamoto
Anri Okamoto
is a Japanese fashion model and actress.-Dramas:*Garo *1 Litre of Tears *Koisuru Nichiyobi 3rd Series - starring*Sexy Voice and Robo LastVoice...

- Nagashima Mizuki a 14-year-old, a protagonist character in special episodes.

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

Alternate versions of this drama

Indonesian Production House SinemArt

SinemArt

SinemArt is an Indonesian production house founded in 2003 by Leo Sutanto, Sentot Sahid, Heru Hendriarto and Lala Hamid. It produces television programs especially sinetrons and movies.-Television programs: Dua Hati...

's drama, titled Buku Harian Nayla
Buku Harian Nayla
Buku Harian Nayla is an Indonesian Christiany television drama which aired on RCTI. The scenario was written by Serena Luna. The story is about a girl who was diagnosed with Ataxia when she was young. This serial gained a national rating of 30.8% throughout Indonesian viewers...

(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. 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

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous...

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

Amrita TV

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

Japan

Original run: October 11, 2005 – December 20, 2005

Network and Timeslot: Fuji Television

Fuji Television

, Tuesdays at 10:00-11:00 pm

Theme song(s): "Only Human" by K

K (singer)

Kang Yoon-sung , better known by his stage name K, is a J-pop singer from South Korea.Currently, the only contract in Japan. After the failure of his first album in South Korea in 2004, K crossed over to Japan...

and by Remioromen

Remioromen

is a Japanese rock band, formed by Ryota Fujimaki, Keisuke Maeda and Osamu Jinguji in 2000.-History:Remioromen was formed in December 2000 with their current three person line up. They say that the name of the band has no real significance and was instead the result of wordplay. On November 25 of...

OST by Susumu Ueda

Hong Kong

Original run: October 15, 2006 – December 31, 2006

Network and Timeslot: TVB Jade

TVB Jade

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, Sundays at 10:30-11:30 pm

Theme song(s): "Stubborn" by Jason Chan (TV)

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Ivana Wong

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