Boku to tsuma no 1778 no monogatari (2011)

A science fiction writer finds out his wife has cancer, and decides to write her a story every day to keep her alive, like a reverse Scheherazade or perhaps to cope with the inevitability of his loss.

Mamoru Hoshi

Director

Kazuyuki Asano

as Owner

Jun Fubuki

as Setsuko's mother

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

as Sakutaro Makimura

Ren Ôsugi

as Setsuko's doctor

Yûko Takeuchi

as Setsuko Makimura

Shôsuke Tanihara

as Takizawa