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The 8-Year Engagement
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The 8-Year Engagement

Dec 16, 2017
1h 59m
★ 7.4

Overview

Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her heart stops momentarily, and she falls into a deep coma. Hisashi visits Mai at the hospital every day before work. With no idea if or when she will ever awake, Mai’s parents encourage Hisashi to find someone else, but he refuses to give up and continues to pray for her recovery. As if his prayers are answered, Mai begins to regain consciousness several years later, and even utters a few words. But tragically, she has suffered brain damage and has no memory of Hisashi.

Genres

Drama
Romance

Production Companies

Shochiku
TBS
Kinoshita Group
AMUSE
CBC
MBS
KDDI
Hokkaido Broadcasting Co.
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation
GYAO
RSK Sanyo Broadcasting
The Sanyo Shimbun
SHUFUNOTOMO
Shochiku Tokyo Studio

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Cast

Takeru Satoh

Hisashi

Takeru Satoh

Tao Tsuchiya

Mai Nakahara

Tao Tsuchiya

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hatsumi Nakahara

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Tetta Sugimoto

Koji Nakahara

Tetta Sugimoto

Kazuki Kitamura

Shibata

Kazuki Kitamura

Kenta Hamano

Kosuke Murota

Kenta Hamano

Yuri Nakamura

Mamiko Shimao

Yuri Nakamura

Keisuke Horibe

Doctor Wada

Keisuke Horibe

Kanji Furutachi

CEO of Somen Factory

Kanji Furutachi

Maho Yamada

Maho Yamada

Natsumi Ishibashi

Natsumi Ishibashi

Chiharu Ogoshi

Chiharu Ogoshi

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