Drawing Closer (余命一年の僕が、余命半年の君と出会った話, Yomei Ichinen no Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi; lit. 'The story of how I, who had only one year left to live, met you, who had only six months left to live') is a 2024 Japanese romance drama film written and directed by Takahiro Miki and starring Ren Nagase and Natsuki Deguchi. It was released on Netflix on 27 June 2024.
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Cast
Ren Nagase as Akito Hayasaka
Natsuki Deguchi as Haruna Sakurai
Mayuu Yokota as Ayaka Miura
Kyoka Shibata as Eri Fujimoto
Ikuho Akiya as Shōta Murai
Rui Tsukishima as Natsumi Hayasaka
Toru Nakamura as Kazuki Hayasaka, Akito Hayasaka's father
Nene Otsuka as Itsumi Hayasaka, Akito Hayasaka's mother
Kenji Mizuhashi as Haruna Sakurai's father
Yasuko Matsuyuki as Hazuki Sakurai, Haruna Sakurai's mother
Fumino Kimura as Mikiko
Kazuki Otomo as Takada
Atom Shukugawa as Art teacher
Toru Nomaguchi as Doctor
Production
The films was announced on Netflix by Nikkatsu. It is based on Ao Morita's Yomei Ichinen no Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi.
Reception
Arjan Welles of FilmTotaal rated the film with 3.5/5 stars. Daniel Hart of Ready Steady Cut rated the film with 3/5 stars.
Tatat Bunnag of Bangkok Post, Matthew Donato of Collider, and John Serba of Decider also reviewed the film.
