I had just finished watching one litres of tears. I seldom watched J-dramas. I think my last J-drama that i liked is GTO but that drama was ages ago.
The story of this drama is the true story of 15-year old, Kito Aya whom was diagnosed with Spinocerebellar Degeneration disease that do not have any known cure. Aya then kept a diary that recorded all her battle with this horrible illness till her death at 25. If you know Japanese, you may like to buy the book that is written only in Japanese(i believe). This English translation is writen on the blog(translated from the dairy): http://www.xanga.com/onelitre and http://diaryofaya.blogspot.com/.
This site give more details of the casts: http://wiki.theppn.org/1_Litre_no_Namida.
I only loved the actor(Fujiki Naohito) casting as the doctor in this drama. I meant i loved seeing his cute face. For the rest of the casts, i find their performance to be good too though they did not leave a deep impression for me. Sawajiri Erika, the actress casting as "Aya" has a good acting skills, the tears flowing when it is needed to flow (Unlike our local production where no tears come out at all even though they are supposed to be very sad). What i loved about this drama is how much love and support Aya's family gave to her.
In the flowerpod forum, there are a lot of people whom said that they cried on every episode(11 episodes) but for me, i only cried on certain part of the drama like:
1) For Aya's mummy tried to hide the truth of the illness from aya and the family. It is heart-breaking to see how the mum had put everything in her heart and yet not had the courage to reveal the truth.
2) When Aya's mummy told dad about the illness, both do not wanted to tell the seriousness of the illness to their daughter as they wanted aya to live a normal life just like the normal 15 year old kids.
3) At the school choir where Aya was performing, Their proud parents watched in tears. Shortly after the choir, their parents revealed the truth of Aya's illness to her.
5) How Aya reacted to the cruel truth of her illness, knowing that she will not be able to speak, walk, move in future.
6) I am touched by the many words that flashed across the screen at the end of every episode. This is followed by photographs of the real Aya. words that touched thousands of hearts is "Why do this illness choose me?" and "I wish for a time machine where i will be healthy again"
7) Towards Aya's last stage of her life in Earth, her diary was published. People with similar illness wrote to say how Aya had motivated them to be strong in life. I find it touching that such a simple diary can motivate so many people. That is the true value of life: Always have hope for a better tomorrow.
8) I believed the love story of this drama do not actually occur in the real Aya's personal life. But i am not too sure since i had never read the real dairy before. In this drama, the dad of Aya's Boyfriend was telling his son that their relationship would never worked out as Aya would not be able to talk, move in the future. Aya was asking her mummy if she will ever marry? it is sad that in Aya's heart, she just wished for a healthy self, fall in love, get marry, have kids and become a grandma eventually. Sadly her life ended at 25.
9) Aya's death at the last episode
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