Miniseries · Fuji TV
1 Litre of Tears
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Erika Sawajiri
Aya Ikeuchi
11 eps
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Shioka Ikeuchi
11 eps
Ryo Nishikido
Haruto Asou
11 eps
Riko Narumi
Ako Ikeuchi
11 eps
Yuma Sanada
Hiroki Ikeuchi
11 eps
Ai Miyoshi
Rika Ikeuchi
11 eps
Momosuke Mizutani
Kohei Onda
11 eps
Ryô Hashizume
Keita Nakahara
11 eps
Kenichi Matsuyama
Yuji Kawamoto
3 eps
Naohito Fujiki
Hiroshi Mizuno
11 eps
Takanori Jinnai
Mizuo Ikeuchi
11 eps
Saori
Mari Sugiura
3 eps
Shigeyuki Totsugi
Ryouzou Nishino
3 eps
Kana Matsumoto
Saki Matsumura
3 eps
Aoi
Keiko Tomika
3 eps
Yuya Endo
Makoto Takeda
3 eps
Yuki Sato
Keisuke Asou
3 eps
Makoto Kawahara
Miho Ohashi
3 eps
Natsuko Hoshino
Kaori Honda
3 eps
Hiroshi Katsuno
Yoshifumi Asou
3 eps
Yuki Umoto
Sachiko Asou
3 eps
Yusuke Kubota
3 eps
Sho Abe
3 eps
Ruriko Ayaka
3 eps
Anna Ijima
3 eps
Ryuji Ikeda
3 eps
Maki Okada
3 eps
Hiroko Kamata
3 eps
Misuzu Kobayashi
3 eps
Ryo Sakaguchi
3 eps
Emiri Saito
3 eps
Emi Sakuma
3 eps
Hiroko Sakurakawa
3 eps
Tatsuya Shinozuka
3 eps
Aruka Takano
3 eps
Sae Tsushiro
3 eps
Karin Nakagawa
3 eps
Yūya Nakada
3 eps
Sayaka Hidaka
3 eps
Masamichi Fukuyama
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How 1 Litre of Tears actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
1 Litre of Tears reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television 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.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 11 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20071 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
200511 episodes
8.6IMDbThe story of a family whose 15-year-old eldest daughter comes down with an incurable disease (Spinocerebellar Degeneration) but puts up a fierce battle to live while bearing up under her infirmity. It also recounts in a positive manner the warm-hearted days of her family, boyfriend, and friends who cried and laughed while supporting her.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
Remembrance
S01E11
Far Away, Where the Tears Have Run Out
S01E10
Love Letter
S01E09
Live in the Moment
S01E08
1 Litre of Tears
S01E07
Where I am
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Emori HirokoProducer
- Satoko KashikawaProducer
Writing
- Michiru EgashiraWriter
- Satomi OshimaWriter
Direction
- Takao KinoshitaDirector
- Shosuke MurakamiDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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