Limited series · Fuji TV
The Hours of My Life
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Haruma Miura
Takuto Sawada
11 eps
Mikako Tabe
Megumi Hongo
11 eps
Takumi Saitoh
Shigeyuki Mukai
11 eps
Shunsuke Kazama
Mamoru Mizushima
11 eps
Mizuki Yamamoto
Hina Murayama
11 eps
Mieko Harada
Sawako Sawada
11 eps
Miyoko Asada
Shoko Hongo
11 eps
Mantaro Koichi
Akio Sawada
11 eps
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Tanimoto
11 eps
Shuhei Nomura
Rikuto Sawada
11 eps
Minami Hamabe
Sumire Kuwashima
11 eps
Mai Tezuka
Kanae Minamisawa
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Hours of My Life actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Hours of My Life 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
Your whole outlook on life can change in an instant. Takuto Sawada (Haruma Miura) is your average college student. But one day, he finds out that he has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and only has a short time to live. How will he choose to spend the remaining days of his precious life?
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
- Toshiyuki NakanoProducer
- Tsuguhiro MotomuraProducer
- Emori HirokoProducer
- Fumi HashimotoProducer
Writing
- Atsuko HashibeWriter
Music
- Yutaka YamadaOriginal Music Composer
- Yoshiaki DewaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Doki Amazon ChannelStreaming
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