Yūki

Yūki

2006 · 107 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, TV Movie

A drama about friendship that spans ages, this is based on a true story which chronicles the life of a man who died at the age of 23 after an illness that started with the partial collapse of his cranial bone, and a subsequent battle with seven types of incurable diseases.

Directed by Hiroshi Yoshino · Written by Fumie Mizuhashi

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