1 Litre of Tears
Autumn Season 2005

Title: １リットルの涙
Title (romaji): 1 Litre no Namida
Also known as: Ichi Rittoru no Namida / One Litre of Tears / A Diary with Tears
Genre: School, Romance, Health
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-11 to 2005-Dec-20
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Closing theme song: Only Human by K / Konayuki and 3/9 by Remioromen (insert songs)

How would you be if you couldn't walk freely anymore?
How would you be if you couldn't talk anymore?
How would you be if you couldn't move anymore?
How would you be if you're aware of anything around you, but you can't to anything?

This is what this Japan Series is about. A 15 year old girl named Aya Ikeuchi has this disease and is desperately fighting it. But knowing that there's no cure yet for this sickness, how would you be?

The people around you sees that you're slowly getting more and more sick every day..the pain to see..the tears you'll cry.. the sickness is progressing slowly, but it definately continiouing...

Cast
Erika Sawajiri - Aya Ikeuchi
Hiroko Yakushimaru - Shioka Ikeuchi (Aya's mother)
Ryo Nishikido - Haruto Asō (Aya's later love interest and her lover)
Takanori Jinnai - Mizuo Ikeuchi (Aya's father)
Riko Narumi - Ako Ikeuchi (Aya's little sister)
Naohito Fujiki - Hiroshi Mizuno (Doctor)

credits: Drama-Wiki

For more information about this series go to these sites:
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I'm currently waiting for the 5th episode to be subbed, but this series is somewhat heartbreaking.

To watch a girl slowly succomb to her illness, yet still have such a positive outlook on life really does make you more aware of your own life and how life is a precious gift.

I watch the first three sub episode and it's so sad. Sheesh never cried so much before until now. Drama is so sad.

My friend keeps telling me abt this drama and i agreed to watch it for her, ive already watched 1 2 and 3 episodes and the story seems so very sad. its been said that its a true story and the lead girl alreadi ____ ...fill in the blanks.hehe I Love how her parents Love her and im having this adoration wi th her Doctor and her new friend. theyre so cute!haha the ending credits showing her pictures were the most depressing part for meh.

i agree that this drama is really touching.. i wanted to cry in every episode.. especially watching her parents trying to keep a happy face on for her.. and then the doctor trying to persuade the mom to tell aya the truth because aya needs to know how to use her time wisely...Its so sad that this is a true story.. and those pictures of the real aya in the ending credits are really heartbreaking.. So she fought the disease for 10 years? omg, so unbelievable.

i have just seem the 6th episode.this drama is so touching.especially when aya is standing on the platform direct the chorus "9 March",thinking about aya's struggle aganist the desease,is so heartbreaking.a litre of tears nearlly came out.

I love this drama. It's sad to see her slowly losing control over her body in each episode. I can't wait until PBfansub release episode 4 in D-addicts.

Yeah so agree!! Can't wait for PFfansub to release eps 4, cause I'm really dying to see it! I've seen the trailer for eps. 4 and so curious! Hope it'll come out soon

óh I havent seen it yet.. maybe worth watching ?
the title is veryyy nice though

I`ve seen only one episode so far and I`m already loving it. It`s a really sad show, and the earnestness of the characters makes this series very watchable. I was on the verge of tears when I saw the part where Aya fell on her chin because she couldn`t break the fall with her hands

PBfansubs finally released episode 4 at D-addicts for those that didn't know. I gave up waiting for them and download from another sub team. I'm finally caught up and episode 5 made me cry. Every time I watch it, I think someone actually went through all this in real life. It's so sad to see her struggle with it but never she never gave up. I would never have the courage that she has if I got the disease. Ako is a great sister.

I think it is by far one of the sadest series I have ever watched. I have cried at least once in every episode! I just watched episode 6 today and I can't wait to watch episode 7. Does anyone know if that diary that this series was based on was ever published and translated into english?

I watched the preview for episode 8 and it's so heartbreaking. I actually shed a couple of tears just watching the preview. I'm going to be crying a litre of tears when I actually see the episode. I can't wait until it comes out.

ah, this series is so emotional......the story line is so real n touching.i watched up to about 9 episodes already, episode 10 is going to be so sad, i saw the preview for it n its really touching.

Yeah, considering most to all japanese dramas are 11 episodes, the end is coming. Man, this is really a sad drama that people should watch. It's real sad especially when the main points of survival are for reals even if the characters and some of the plot isn't. You know what I really like and think is sad about this drama? The producers actually quoting from the diary and using the real Aya's pictures...just to show you guys, this sh*t is for reals.

Yeah it's a very emotional drama. I think that ryo is getting better in acting.

this drama is soooooo good!! soo sad yet it is very very touching!! i love aya and aso..

sawajiri erika acts so well in this drama as aya!! i hope she gets an award, plus shez very innocent and cute in the drama!!

ive watched 9 episodes so far and ive cried in almost all of them!!! >.<

this series is the best. Its the one that hits reality as it is based on a true story.

Very touching series beats the the rest whether its tvb, korean etc.

A must watch

i just saw episode 10...my goodness soooo sad!!! soo good...itz the best drama this season!! it is definately one of my fav dramas!!!

ahhh~~i love this drama!!! it's very very touching and the OST is just beautiful =)



ackkk.,...im at 40% T.T

i loved episode 9 tho!!! gawd. asou-kun was so cute in the end. i was squealing with delight when **SPOILER** he was like " i like you...mebbe...probably." xDDD ahhh...soo cute! and what he said was so swt =) "no matter how slow u spk, i'll listen to u. no matter how slow u walk, i'll wait for u".... <333

O/T: btw, junkpro11, i love ur signature pic with satoshi tsumabuki!!! he looks so cute there xDD i didn't know him and ando masanobu were frds!! =)

question.. does anyone know where i Can get the book from? like, if i order it online? I'm at the moment, beginner at Japanese, but I think i would like to try to read it ... anyone know what bookstores in Japan have overseas shipping??

thanks thanks!

this is a great drama....this is coming from someone who rarely watches japanese drama. this drama is so touching and sad.

i just watch ep. 9 today~ can't wait to finish this drama.
the story line is really good. i actually cry on almost all eps. definately the best tearjerker drama i've watch, esp the fact that it is based on real story.

btw is it only me or does the female main actress really look like kyoko fukada sometimes?

this is the first tear jerking series i have watched... and currently waitinf for ep5 to be subbbed...
i lvoe this show though.. but itz so sad

i've just seen epi 10 today..

so super sad!!! watching aya is just too heart-wrenching.. all that she wanted to do yet cant makes me feel so much more fortunate than her.. n that seeing her fall into despair n wanting to give up makes me she's so sensitive n sensible.. too sensible in fact.. that she don't wanna pull any1 down.. she seems so lost so lonely that my heart ache for her!! T.T


my fave drama~ T.T




oh btw.. asou-kun look nice in this epi.. ^^

hehe mind if i post some screenshots?? it might spoil for sum ppl....keke

well this one doesnt spoil for anyone, just a very very nice shot....so i posted this one up!!aso kun looks really good in the shot eh?? same with aya as well~~

aww i love this pic.. but the epi is T.T

i prefer aya with side parting.. but anyways she still look so cute.. hahaha asou looks very GOOD in that epi too! tuxedo.. hahaha

honestly, I can't believe Ryo is like, 21 now? Is that true? I swear, he looks like he's 17. MAX!
Anyways, I think that the parents are amazing actors/actress. I mean, how they act out their own strength and resolve to help Aya! They must have been really strong people in real life!

I love this show so much. I cried every episode. I'm still waiting for episode 10 to be dubbed. I can't wait. Now I'm trying to find more Jdorama to watch that will compare to this one. So far there's no luck but this is the best drama I watched all year.

Just finished eps 11...so sad, though not as sad as the other episodes. But everything HAS gone downhill. I'm sure you guys know what's gonna happen but umm...yeah, its sad.

Something I noticed and it's not really a spoiler. Somehow, she's actually talking alot more fluently in eps 11 than eps 10; weird.

epi 11 is very T.T
i think it's the epi i cried the most(cant really recall though since i cried alot in most epis =P).. very touching.. aya.. i'm sure every1 will not forget her.. she made me realise n value the things i have.. hmmm yeahh.. i LOVE this drama~

it definetly is a really sad story. it's even more sad that there are actually quite a lot of ppl who go thru the same thing and even till this day, medicine can't do anything to help them!

I just started watching it yesterday and I'm already on episode 6. It's not melodramatic like some Korean dramas are, it's soo good...I'm getting my tissue box ready =/

i finished the ep.10 quite a while and do not need to imagine the deep sorrow for the last episode!
Aya, gan bate te!

It's an excellent series - one of the best to have came out and subbed this past year. It's actually not a cookie-cutter formula like many jdoramas tend to be. I cried soooo much when I was watching episode 10! I can't wait for episode 11 - I know I'm going to start crying again.

So far, Ive only seen episode one. I bet it would turn out a really good drama. Still d/l the remaining episode. Seems like I have to prepare a box of tissus next to me.

it's so sad man... love this series very much... it gives the audience a feeling that even the simplest things turn out to be very hard when u have a sickness like that... it's so sad.. has a lot of morals.... really proud of the girl who fought it.... now... i really wanna read her diary... it our in jap... but cant read jap... guess i'll have to wait until it comes out in chinese or english...
watching the series is just so depressing sometimes... couldnt stop crying from the 3rd episode onwards... still got 2 episodes left... its so sad... never cried so much in a series before...

I really love this drama! I felt sympathy for Aya but I was strengthen by her determination to overcome the hardships of her disease. I'm going to miss it since the final episode has came out. For those who are looking for 1 litre of tears with english subtitles, go to http://www.kiokukonseki.com/mambo/. They have the whole series done!

just as imagined before start watching the finale, it's truly Litre of Tears

aside from Sawajiri Erika, Yakushimaru Hiroko did her splendid job as aya's mother.

i finished watching the series last week.....i miss the drama..hopefully therez a drama just as good in the upcoming year....this drama is the most tearjerking drama i've ever seen (even more than crying out love in the centre of the world)..i cried in almost every ep

hope this drama win some awards...well at least give sawajiri erika best new actress or sth, because she really deserves it

i finished this drama yesterday and wow....it is unbelievable. it was my first japanese drama and i immediately fell in love with it after episode one. it tugged at my heartstrings and actually brought me to tears. it was so so so good. i look forward to rewatching it.

unbelievably good! wow..

I was really hurting when Hiro said he was ashamed of aya. I.. .. when Ako stood up for her sister i was crying so hard. it was such a powerful scene.

I will never forget this song, Remioromen- Konayuki...

yea this was one of the best dramas of the year for me. especially since ryo's in there too. everytime ryo cried i cried. there were some really memorable scenes too. i'll miss haruto and aya...and ryo since he won't be in any drama for a while.

At first I don't want to watch this because of all the comments that it's such a sad serie. Knowing me I'm a mega crybaby who cries at the smallest things, so if I watch this I'm going to bawl like crazy. Well I'm going to watch it finally b/c of all the good comments and of course Ryo!!! Clubbox is so slow...hic hic but it's def. worth it.

yea you have to watch this drama. it's sad but it's not depressing. it's more like melancholy (and i love that feeling).

Yeah, and it teaches you to value and appreciate life. Life's too short!

i first started getting into this series because a lot of people were talking about how good it was and ryo seems to be really popular lately, so wanted to check it out ^.^

but it was worth it, i loved the whole plot. i think the fact that it's based on a true story makes everything more magical. its really too bad that the real aya didn't have someone like haruto though, he's so incredibly sweet~ =)

in my opinoin, ryo did an okay job, his character didn't really need much emotions i guess?

in comparison, i liked this ending more than the nobuta ending. but iunno..i guess i wished they gave an ending to haruto + aya...

but for sure it was a really sweet series~ and i literally cried watching every episode.

This series was soooooooooooooooo freaken sad. It's a freaken tear jerker that's for sure. Very touching! I loved how they had the real picture of the main character fighting the disease on the credits. <333 I swear she was superly strong. Some parts were heart breaking. But this gives everyone a better perspective of those who have a incurable illness and that we should help them as well as encourage them.....

This drama was also hot COS RYO WAS IN IT! <333 HE WAS SO FREAKEN NICE!! <3333333333

I watched 3 episodes at one go, cried more than 6 times and the next day when I woke up, my eyes were swollen.. How can a show be so sad....

i've only watched the first episode but the drama looks very promising. although i usually tend to watch romantic omedy dramas, i think i'm going to like this even though i heard that the drama is extremely sad, and i'll probably cry a litre of tears by the ed of the drama.

plus the starring couple are cute together.