1778 Stories of Me and My Wife

Name: 1778 Stories of Me and My Wife
Director: Mamoru Hoshi
Released: 2011
Duration: 139 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Kazuyuki Asano, Jun Fubuki, Yôko Imamoto, Tai Kageyama, Michiko Kichise

2011 · 139 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 296 VOTES · DIR. Mamoru Hoshi

Overview

Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer vacation. Since that time, the couple has always been together and eventually married.One day, Setsuko complains of a stomach ache and is hospitalized. Sakutaro then learns that his wife has colon cancer. Sakutaro takes the advice from his doctor that laughter helps the immune system and proceeds to write a short story for his wife every day. At first, Setsuko was expected to live for only 1 more year, but she lived for 5 more years and Sakutaro eventually wrote 1,778 short stories for his wife.

Dialogue Timeline — 967 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:25 The man spoke.

00:06:24 And meets a girl. But she's not human . ..

00:09:03 Not sure.

00:14:39 And that medicine would be needed to kill those.

00:20:23 I've got bigger problems.

00:26:48 "Ren Takizawa's New Novel! Love So Strong It Hurts'!"

00:30:07 You laughed!

00:35:26 a robot in my room.

00:41:38 "Episode 74: The Girl Who Waves at the Sky"

00:44:50 Same freshman class.

00:48:57 "Episode 730: Professor J's Photo"

00:52:50 For now? Who could eat octopus after that?

00:56:12 Then maybe it'd be better if I weren't around!

01:02:36 Thank you.

01:07:23 You can't keep this up.

01:11:50 Hey, the Knowledge Man!

01:18:48 That way!

01:25:41 No, you don't!

01:32:15 See his books in the bookstore.

01:37:18 He's more attractive to women than you give him credit for.

01:43:41 After writing for a while, he set down his pen.

01:53:26 He'd fought without sleep for 60 hours.

02:00:31 "He placed his story by her pillow."

02:16:40 Dedicated to Taku & Etsuko Mayumura

Cast & Characters

Kazuyuki Asano Owner Jun Fubuki Setsuko's mother Yôko Imamoto Sakutaro's mother Tai Kageyama Nimi Michiko Kichise Takizawa's wife Yasuto Kosuda Newspaper bill collector Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Sakutaro Makimura Sumie Sasaki Makimura's landlady Masaya Takahashi A Kindly Hospital Janitor Who Watches Out For Sakutaro Yûko Takeuchi Setsuko Makimura

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed967

Dialogue density7.0 lines / min

First line00:00:25

Final line02:16:40

Production Record

DirectorMamoru Hoshi

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes296