is a 2017 Japanese romance drama film starring

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and

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. Directed by Shō Tsukikawa, it is based on the 2015 novel ''

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas , also known as ''Let Me Eat Your Pancreas'', is a novel by the Japanese writer Yoru Sumino. Initially serialized as a web novel in the user-generated site Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2014, the book was published in print in 2015 by Futabasha ...

'' by Yoru Sumino.

Plot

An introvert boy, Haruki Shiga (''

'') comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Looking through the book, he discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular classmate, a girl (''

''). The girl, Yamauchi Sakura who happens to see him holding on to her diary then reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from pancreatic cancer. Sakura then playfully forces Haruki to attend to all her whims and fancies. Initially, Haruki begrudgingly accedes to her requests, citing the excuse that he is merely putting up with a sick classmate. However, as time passes, he finds himself being drawn to her and he begins to enjoy the time he spent with her.

Cast

as Sakura Yamauchi *

as Haruki Shiga *

as Haruki Shiga (12 years later) *

as Kyōko (12 years later) * Karen Ōtomo as Kyōko * Yūma Yamoto as Gamu-kun *

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as Gamu-kun (12 years later) *

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as Takahiro * Daichi Morishita as Kuriyama * Satomi Nagano as Sakura's mother

Box office

In Japan, the film grossed ($ million), becoming the fifth highest-grossing domestic film of 2017. Overseas, the film grossed in China, $3,457,444 in South Korea, $277,019 in the United States and Canada, and $115,494 in Spain, Thailand and Australia. This brings the film's total worldwide gross to .

Awards

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Let Me Eat Your Pancreas 2017 films 2010s Japanese-language films Japanese romantic drama films Films about cancer Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Shō Tsukikawa Toho films 2010s Japanese films