This dorama is about a girl who was diagnosed with a disease called “Spinocerebellar Degeneration” when she was 15 years old, and was able to continue her life until her death at the age of 25 years old.
The plot is based on the true story of a Japanese girl named Kito Aya, who had the same disease. She kept writing in her diary to remember her experiences until she could no longer hold a pen. Aya simply wished to live until the end of her life, and the purpose of writing in the diary was to remind herself to not give up. She shed tears many times, at the same time encompassed by the rich love and support from her family, friends, and boyfriend. Her diary “1 Litre of Tears” was published after her death, because of its inspiring and courageous message of
“Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing.”
So far, over 18,000,000 copies of her diary have been sold.
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The Review
This dorama features Sawajiri Erika, Nishikido Ryou, Narumi Riko, Yakushimaru Hiroko, Jinnai Takanori and Fujiki Naohito. Sawajiri Erika has powerfully brought out the character of Aya, and people who watch this dorama will feel compassion for her while she suffers from the illness. My tears flowed after almost every episode as I questioned myself, “What would I do if I were Aya?” This is a dorama where you can see a 15 year old young girl who was able to face her disease bravely, and tried her best to treasure the time she spent with her friends, family and boyfriend everyday she could.
To me, this was one of the best doramas of 2005, mainly because the reality of this story has enlightened me. I realized that my life is not that tough compared to those who are suffering from an incurable disease. “1 Litre of Tears” stood out for a reason: it is not because Aya was upset because of her disease, she was touched by the love and patience she received from her friends and family. I was amazed by the braveness with which she chose to live her life, as a strong girl who was only 15 years old, yet managed to face her cruel fate with a positive outlook, and tried her best to do whatever she could by herself.
For those dorama fans who loved “Beautiful Life” that starred Takuya Kimura & Tokiwa Takako, I’d bet you guys will appreciate this story too. I can feel the power of the love from her family and friends in this story, and encouraged me to be positive in my life even though there may be many difficulties and problems. I hope there will be somebody who is willing to translate the original diary by Kito Aya sold in Japan because she has a lot of meaningful words in her diary. This story contains both sadness and love, and I hope you guys will love this dorama as much as I did.
Episode 1 synopsis
This dorama starts right before Aya is confronted with the illness, Spinocerebellar Degeneration, in which the nerve cells of areas necessary for the human body to move and balance–including the cerebellum, brain stem, and spinal cord–transform and eventually disappear.
Ikeuchi Aya (Sawajiri Erika), a 15 year old girl, is the eldest daughter in a normal Japanese family. She lives with her reliable mother, Shioka, who works as a nutritionist, her father, Mizuo, the wacky owner of a tofu shop, her quiet younger brother, Hiroki, and two younger sisters, the sarcastic Ako and innocent Rika. On the day of her high school entrance exam, she left the house full of energy, but she missed her stop to get off the bus and walk to her high school because she fell asleep. She quickly got off and ran from the bus in the rain when she discovered she was late. She slipped, fell down and injured her knee. At that time, she met Haruto Aso, who was trying to skip the exam. He gave her a ride to school, the administrators allowed them to take the exam (despite the fact that Haruto was uninterested in taking it), which they both later passed.
The new semester began, Aya and Haruto were in the same class, and both were elected as the representative of their class. Aya also joined the basketball team, and was reunited with the boy who she was fond of from the male basketball team. Just as she was beginning to enjoy her high school days, Aya starts to experience some physical difficulties. She always dropped food from her chopsticks, could not estimate the distance of the objects in front of her, could not pour water into a cup without spilling it, and occasionally wobbled while walking. Her mother, Shioka, who was the only one to notice the physical changes in Aya, started to worry about what was going on.
One day, Aya’s life started to change after she tripped and fell. She couldn’t protect herself with her hands while falling and she hurt her face. After this, her illness is slowly revealed and her tragedy begins…
Purchase: “1 Litre of Tears” DVD Box
Purchase: “1 Litre of Tears” diary (in Japanese)
Purchase: “1 Litre of Tears” diary (in English)
Purchase: “1 Litre of Tears” Original Soundtrack
Torrent: Fansub by Kioku Konseki
Torrent: Original Soundtrack
Insert song: Konayuki by Remioromen
Translation: by Kiwi and Pye (ongoing)
Translation: by Ayafan (ongoing)
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this story truly touching my heart…i cry all the time while watching this drama..=]
love u super love story!!!! how many times i cry in ure episode its to hard to be alone i love u ure the one!!aya in my heart~!!! i love u
You can get it at kinokuniya (:
anyone knows if i can find 1 litre of tears diary in singapore? i badly wan to read it :D
this drama make me feel bad. It make me cry a lot. This drama is the saddest drama i had watch. I hope it would be repeat back in Malaysia.
This has got to be one of the most touching, emotional, and yet inspirational dramas … scratch that not only drama, but anything that I’ve ever watched. To this day, even hearing a few measures of any of the songs brings me close to tears.
Aya’s condition reminded me of my aunt and my employer who both passed away to a disease called ALS which is somehow has similarities with Aya’s disease. Hope that someone will find the cure for the disease that slowly kill the brain and all the nervous system….No one wants to be in Aya’s condition, let alone with her family who suffered in a different way….This drama is a MUST SEE for everyone.
Mate for all the people out there you know this drama has changed me inside and out!!
At first i use to Be cocky as!! but after watching this drama i had the heart to help others and to be frank =] hope you guys will learn from aya that a smile upon your face should happen everyday even if its sad or happy. also try hard to archive things in your life………
This drama is so touchiing!!!!! :’((((
what a nice drama I’ve never watch!It’s totally great.I never cry for a series drama before..I wish that I can have a chance to meet with the true family that faced this painful moment!
I cried so much!! This drama was so sad. at first thought that haruto was really ugly, but then he started to become a good person and it was so adorable!!
i watched the drama on youtube so the episodes were divided inot smaller clips i think i cried at least 10 times during each of the clips.
so sad but had a warm feeling at the end
great SHOW, this drama is really really inspired, even though, i just watch 8 episode… i will watch the rest of episode this week
i watch this movie….i cried…(>.<)
it is so sad….
this show let me know about that our life…….is important than everything
we must treasure our life….
breath that we take is very precious and it brings happines…
……..
we live is not anyone’s sake…is your own sake!!
don’t think that we are born in purpose…
just enjoy your life!! like aya did…
The best Drama ever produce!start to realise many things in life.
Hope i will get the dairy soon!
and don’t know why…
but, everytime i watch one episode of this series..
i just couldn’t stop crying
bcoz everytime i watch it..
there’s something that happens that makes me realize so many things in life..
it gives me hope to live everyday just like Aya..
and it lets me appreciate even small things!!
so, i really thank god for Aya’s life..
bcoz even though it’s full of sad moments..
it did really taught many people..JUST LIKE ME..
to always be thankful for every breath that we take!!
Just reading the comments on this website I already start crying…help…help me lah!
When I start watching , I didn’t stop cring. My tear is falling down like raining….
I watch this movie with my thirteen years old. She said that Aya was very strong.
Thanks Aya Thanks Ikeuchi family Thanks Haruto….
It’s………………………a very sad story. I like Aya who is so determine untill her last breathe. But i do think that the real Aya has gone through more hardship than Aya in the story..
You see… the real Aya was not that beautiful…. and i doubt Haruto character was actually exsis in the true story…
Anyway, Sawajiri Erika is really cute… and the Ryo too……….
i never really watch drama in my life.. but after watching this, made me realize how lucky i am with my life..
Really good drama…it has touched me a lot. i dont watch too many asian drama but among those tat i watched, its the best! After each episode, i cried. Its so sad that aya had had this disease but i admired her courage a lot! I just hope that they will discover the cure of this disease very soon… I recommend this drama to everyone though its sad, its really worth watching!!!
even just hearing that song on this page made me cry.
best drama I’ve ever seen.. such an inspiration.
I want to show this to everyone, even people I know who aren’t familiar with Japanese.
Thank you Aya, I’ll live on forever with my head up.
tis story really teach me to appreciate each minutes in my life….
me n my friends had cried a lots when watching tis drama…..
i just cn’t believe tis is a real story n really happened in tis world….
tis is the best drama i ever watched in ma life!!!
The movie was so touching like i mostly cried in every eposide.
i was moved by the drama and now im still looking for its special series.
this drama makes me cry from the first episode to the last. and it makes think abou what is my purpose of existance in the world. it makes me appreciate things around me before its too late. it teaches the meaning of living in this world and live this life to its fullest.
I started it yesterday and I couldn’t stop crying. It’s a really good movie and a very heart felt story. Aya, you rock!
I haven’t watch this drama in awhile. It’s still gets me sad, just not watching the movie but looking by the cover. well I have the video and I watch now and then but i have things to do to so don’t really have time. but DAISUKI THIS VIDEO!
that’s very nice story and really make me sad and cried when I watch that. sugoi….. ureshi…. tanoshi….
i finished watching this drama today..my God, i cant stop crying from 1st episode till last..
this story made me think 1 thing..
i always said that my life wasnt so happy, wasnt so bright..wasnt so great..
whenever my heart ache, i would think that im d most pity girl in this world..
n now, my heart broke bcoz things doesnt turn out the way it should be..
but now i realize how lucky i am..compared to aya-san..
i still have d reason to smile..
im in a good health..i still can walk..
i still can run,i still can talk,still can do so much things all by myself
without having to depend on other people..
but aya-san..she had suffered a lot but still she had strength to live her life..
she still can smile..
when i watched d drama i think of 1 thing,
if im in aya-san place, what would i do??
can i be as strong as her??
now i know, i still got a reason to smile
even when my heart torn apart..
every single person in this world definitely have to watch this drama..
This drama so touch…
then Aya really cannot recover the sick?
she so strong…i so admire she…
T.T…y a nice gal will pass away like that ….so unfair.
she just 15 year old only…T.T
i think after watch this drama , i will learn like she srong like she…
and i hope any country can make a pill or operation to save a sick like
this….(Spinocerebellar Degeneration). However i am a man , i also
cryied when i watch this movie…so touch…..nice movie!!!
a-real-life-based drama?
1 litre of tears. the title suit the drama perfectly.
what a great drama I’ve ever seen. it really touching.
the scene when ako scolded hiro…
when aya’s make decision to go to disablility school…
when haruto and the others sing for aya…
when ako finally got into aya’s high school…
when haruto read aya’s diary beside her…
when haruto read letter that aya wrote for him…
i cried for the first time watching it. same for the 2nd time, 3rd time…
i dont know why my tears keep coming out no matter how much i wipe it
the backround music is really amazing, right? lots cried because of that song
her feeling, her sadness, her pain. i really want to read aya’s diary.
this drama has inspired me a lot. i hope i can be as courageous as aya,
i hope everyone can be as strong as her..
i have watched this a couple of times. its a favorite. ever time i cry. :( this is a great drama and it is very moving.
i watched it hundred times…
and so cried hundred times as well!!!
hope that i can be as though as aya
GAMBATENE…MINNA
wow..It has been two years..
But this drama is still the best drama I’ve ever seen..
Well,actually.. I’m not really interested in watching j-dorama..
But this film is different.. so good, so touching, and give me so many inspiration, a pure inspiration, about this life..
Thanks to Aya..she makes me feel that this life is so precious..
she makes me think..
one day will be better than a hundred days in my life..if I spent the day to help others..and do some useful things..
I am 18 this year. So far I watch most of the drama and movie, I never found a movie can touch my heart. ” One Liter of Tears ” have teach me how to face the future. Aya san never give up her life until the end. My tear wouldn’t stop when I watch this drama. Aya san touch the deep of my heart, you will be my best pen friend whatever we don’t know each other. Aya san able to stand up again.. again.. again.. Why most of the kind and nice people always wouldn’t have long life?? WHY ??? WHY ???
that’s my favourite drama,,
and I thintk this drama, can be always on my mind every people in the world
because nothink drama can be like one litre of tears
I very very love with that.
especially with Rio Nishikido,, and Erika Sawajiri
They are so perfect in a drama
my tears dropped whenever i watched this drama….
This story is very touch, and i also love Ryo ><, he acted so well
arigatogozaimas….
congratulation to sawajiri erika
your acting in this drama made me cry
this drama are very touchable
This is the best drama series I had ever seen. I never cried like what I did when I was watching this series for the very first time. After watching this, a whole lot of me has change because of the aphorisms in this show. I hope that everyone can watch this show because I know that they will change too. They will be inspired to live every single moment of there lives because they know that they are lucky not to have this disease.
I cried . Like, a LOT . This movie is so amazing . God, Aya Chan is so amazing ! She was so strong facing each and every day . She makes me appreciate every single moment in my life . People who are thinking of committing suicide should be watching this, I think it would be a great lesson to them . I want to read the english version of her diary! Seriously !!
it is some thing great !
really it affected my life and gave me more power to live in this life
the humanity really needs a like arts
thanks alot for my brothers in humanity there away in Japan
for Dr.iz_huruh I need to go in conversation with you ,I’m also a medical studen with all my thanks previously
of course after the permission of this page owners
my mail adress is revolt_wick@hotmail.com
best regards
That is wonderfull story……..
God make this story, to considered every body…..
that life is beautifull……
i am a man….
but i cry watching this drama…..
i cry couse i think that God still love me and you….
this story can motivated everyone to respect their live….
see you all………….
arigato…………
this is a really touching story that i ever watch…
i don’t mind to cry for every episode of it because i know the story is based on a true story…
until now, i really impressed with the story,every single things on it still remind in my mind…
her boyfriend really amazed me when he never leave Aya Chan although he knows that Aya Chan disease cannot be cured..
i thought that the scene of the story that Aya Chan have a boyfriend is a fiction,but when i seen a picture of a true Aya Chan,then i believe that thats a true story of the true Aya Chan…
before this i never believe a boyfriend like that until i watch this drama…
but still not really believe the person like that exist in this world..
eventhough i’m not crying when i watch this drama..
but … deep inside my heart i feel so touched with it!!!!
i’m really regret to watch this drama !!!
but it’s definitely awesome…
poor for the real character…T.T
I am a medical student..
Fuh.. This drama really touched me..
I wonder how can they create such a sad drama..
I regret to watch this drama..
It make my heart pain..
I dont know how long will it take for me to forget this drama..
I wanna forget this drama A.S.A.P
what a great movie that i had seen.. i think not only 1 litres of tears that i cried i think a hundred litres.. this movie was really touching!I love Aya&Asou so cute!!!!this drama give a great effect to me…..
gawsh.. this drama definitely deserve 2 thumbs up.. & I REALLY REALLY LOVE it..It’s just amazing how she brave herself and face the illness as the days passed by, the love and treatment she received from her family and friends..I’m speechless..How i wish I have her braveness..& as others, I kept crying in all the episodes even when its the first episode..its just too amazing..& gawsh..I’ve watched more than 20 times..the whole series..& I feel enlightened..
this is one of the drama that really had a great effect in my life, it definitely changed the way i view life after i watched this drama. I even blogged a whole lot about this drama after i watched it at my blog and how i wish i can find the english version of the diary. I did cry too while watchin this and i’ve never cried before in any other dramas. This one is just too great…. She definitely inspired millions out there
I got this series given to me by a friend and when I first started watching it I thought it was going to be crap. After watching the first few episodes I had to stop cause it was so sad I’ve never had a movie or series affect me this deeply before. I would watch 2 episodes and have to have a break for 2 weeks before watching more lol. I went and bought a copy as I found it such a inspirational yet emotional series would recommend everyone to watch this. Aya is an amazing individual and an example to all.
gosh! this jdrama is heart touching. only god knows how many tears ive cried. it’s a really honest drama. i love it!
this drama is very touching the heart of someone..
i wish n pray one day.. this diseases can be cured and no more suffer this kind of diseases.. gambatte no..
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