Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 2004-07-02
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: Japanese
Stars: Takayuki Yamada , Haruka Ayase , Naoto Ogata , Jun Toba , Akira Yasuda , Hajime Okayama , Tatsuya Nakadai , Kaho , Satomi Tezuka , Tomokazu Miura
Runtime: 47 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
AKA: 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ (Japan) , Sekai no chûshin de, ai wo sakebu , Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World , 在世界中心呼喊愛 (Taiwan)
Plot: "I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the girl comes back to him. The colored sand runs through his hands and a tear appears on his cheek. He wakes up. It's 2004 and he is 34years old and in Japan. He thinks "I have been in a world without her for 17 years." Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then. Based on the bestselling novel that sold over 3 million copies, the past and present come together in this love story that is both pure and sad.
IMDB:tt0464780