Nana Eikura, Eita pair up for film about young cancer victim

Director Ryuichi Hiroki has a new project in the works titled “Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome,” which will star Nana Eikura and Eita.

The movie is based on the true story of the love between Chie Nagashima, a woman who died at the age of 24 while fighting breast cancer, and her boyfriend/husband Taro Akasu. Nagashima’s life was the subject of a documentary aired by TBS last July. Filming starts this October in preparation for theatrical release next May, timed to coincide with Nagashima’s death anniversary.

The documentary achieved ratings of 16.6%, and the story was later published as a book that sold more than 400,000 copies. Movie offers rolled in, and producer Takashi Hirano eventually earned the consent of Nagashima’s family. Last year, Hirano produced “LIFE: Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara,” a similar biopic about windsurfer Natsuki Iijima, who died of liver cancer.

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