The 8-Year Engagement

The 8-Year Engagement

2017 · 119 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Takahisa Zeze · Written by Yoshikazu Okada

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Takeru Satoh Hisashi
Tao Tsuchiya Mai Nakahara
Hiroko Yakushimaru Hatsumi Nakahara
Tetta Sugimoto Koji Nakahara
Kazuki Kitamura Shibata
Kenta Hamano Kosuke Murota
Yuri Nakamura 岛尾真美子 Mamiko Shimao
Keisuke Horibe Doctor Wada
Kanji Furutachi CEO of Somen Factory
Maho Yamada
Natsumi Ishibashi
Chiharu Ogoshi

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