Kawai Keisuke is a young man who aspired to become a physicist since he was young. His hopeful parents send him to an expensive college prep school, but at the age of 15, during his third year of junior high, he is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Told that he only has one year to live, he falls into despair, giving up on treatment and even lashing out against his own mother. Ultimately, with the support of his family, he struggles with the tumor for eight years before dying at the age of 23. --Tokyograph

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  Nishikido Ryo (Kawai Keisuke)

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  Tanaka Rena (Amami Shiori)

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  Yamada Ryosuke (Kawai Yuji)

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  Yamaguchi Makiya (Hirofumi Doi)

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  Kuroki Hitomi (Kawai Kasumi)

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  Shirakawa Yumi (Kawai Chiyo )

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• Jan 1, 2012 1 of 1 episodes seen

  Yabbe
  5 of 8 people found this review helpful
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  I'm going to be completely honest; I didn't even make it halfway through the show before I started crying. Even though you know the main character is going to die and that the show will most likely be sad, you have no idea how much you are going to cry! I can't even begin to imagine how horrifying it would be to get a cancer diagnosis and how difficult it would be to literally fight for your life only to know that you are going to die young. The cast was phenomenal. Let me say it again; the cast was phenomenal! If you decide to watch this (and you should!) make sure you have plenty of tissues handy and something happy to look at once you're done. read more

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• Dec 28, 2011 1 of 1 episodes seen

  MonjaElisa
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  Niini no Koto wo Wasurenaide is a fictional story based on true events. This Tearjerker is the story of the sufferings of a boy which in the early age of 15 was told that he had Tumors in his brain, or braincancer. I Will keep this review without spoilers.
  
  Kawai Keisuke is a boy who loves to study. He is looking forward to going to school, Eagerly study and always has fun joking around with his family and friends. Or atleast this is the life he had been leading in the past. Lately he has been having these horrible headaches causing studying nearly impossible, But he doesn't give in. His mother quickly notices that something is out of the ordinary, He never was like this in the past. Trying to talk her son into going to the hospital turns out to be of no good, So only with a twist of fate, He needs to be taken to the hospital.
  About to leave the hospital to go home and study, His parents come in quickly while talking to him. They've just gotten the message.. Their 15 Year old son, they have been told that he will have no longer than a year at the most to live. Keisuke figures that having headaches is something we all can get so he doesn't think twice about it. Telling his mother straight out ''The doctor didn't say there was anything wrong with me right, So just let me leave..'' His mother halfway in tears already starts to tell his son about his fate, And from here starts the life of Keisuke, A boy with a life outside of the usuall. How will he live on from here, And will he manage to overcome his hardships along the way the illness?.
  
  This story, I really had big expectations from it after having read the description. And it definately didn't let me down. After only 30 minutes watching, I was left in tears. It didn't change later either. It keeps your tears comming out. Its definately not a mustwatch if you aren't into Tearjerkers..
  
  I'll recommend this drama to all dramafans out there who aren't afraid to shed tears. Even those who doesn't cry easily, Will be able to shed a couple of tears here..
  
  R.I.P Kawai Keisuke.. read more

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  1 Litre of Tears

  Both are especially sad stories about 15 year olds who get an uncureable illness.. Both stories are tearjerkers who can make the strongest eyes shed tears. Both dramas have the same main male actor. If you liked one, You'll love the other.

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  They are both specials of true stories about people getting diseases that can't easily be cured. Throughout both the characters remain optimistic and willful to live until the very end with the help of their family and friends along the way.

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