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.

00:06:21 The hero lives a different life.

00:08:52 Right. "FS."

00:14:26 The next morning, I did my best to explain things to Setsuko.

00:20:01 But what can I do?

00:25:17 For you.

00:29:13 Sounds fun.

00:34:14 and source of encouragement.

00:40:46 The lonely robot at the end... so heartbreaking.

00:44:17 Compare that to Saku.

00:47:45 Setsuko!

00:51:49 The UN has located coordinates to the secret base Piassa.

00:55:29 Sakutaro.

00:59:46 "Episode 908: The Hermit Comes"

01:06:12 "Sci-Fi writer Makimura pens a story a day"

01:10:06 It's okay.

01:14:59 I don't know.

01:23:49 What?

01:28:19 The green trio then vanished.

01:35:05 Doctor.

01:41:47 As he wrote words his wife could no longer read . ..

01:46:25 I'm scared of her leaving me...

01:56:31 For he lacked sleep.

02:07:42 Not here.

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 line02:07:42

Production Record

DirectorMamoru Hoshi

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes296