1 Litre no Namida

Fifteen-year-old Aya Ikeuchi is an ordinary girl, soon to be high school student and the eldest daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop. As time passes, unusual things start happening to Aya. She begins falling down often and walking strangely. Concerned about her health, Aya's mother Shioka takes her to a doctor; he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration, a rare disease where the cerebellum gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. As cruel as the disease is, it does not affect the mind.

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = The Beginning of my Youth

| AltTitle = Aru seishun no hajimari

| NativeTitle = ある青春の始まり

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|11}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = 15 Years Old, Sickness that Steals Up

| AltTitle = 15-sai, shinobi yoru byōki

| NativeTitle = 15才、忍びよる病魔

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|18}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Why Did the Illness Choose Me?

| AltTitle = Byōki wa dōshite watashi o eranda no?

| NativeTitle = 病気はどうして私を選んだの

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|25}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = The Loneliness of Two

| AltTitle = Futari no kodoku

| NativeTitle = 二人の孤独

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|01}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = A Disabled Person's Notebook

| AltTitle = Shōgaija techō

| NativeTitle = 障害者手帳

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|08}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Heartless Glances

| AltTitle = Kokoronai shisen

| NativeTitle = 心ない視線

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|15}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = The Place Where I Am

| AltTitle = Watashi no iru basho

| NativeTitle = 私のいる場所

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|22}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = 1 Litre of Tears

| AltTitle = 1 rittoru no namida

| NativeTitle = 1リットルの涙

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|29}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = I Live Now

| AltTitle = Ima o ikiru

| NativeTitle = 今を生きる

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|12|06}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Love Letter

| AltTitle = Raburetā

| NativeTitle = ラブレター

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|12|13}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Far Away, to the Place Where Tears are Exhausted

| AltTitle = Tōku e, namida no tsukita basho ni

| NativeTitle = 遠くへ、涙の尽きた場所に

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|12|20}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = Special

| Title = Special Drama of 1 Litre of Tears: Memory

| AltTitle = 「1 rittoru no namida」 tokubetsuhen tsuioku

| NativeTitle = 「1リットルの涙」特別篇‧追憶

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|04|07}}

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On April 5, 2007, Fuji Television aired a three-hour special of the series set half a year (2014–2015) after Aya's death, and focuses on Haruto Asō, who has now become a doctor at the same hospital Aya was treated in, and Ako Ikeuchi, Aya's younger sister who is now a nurse in training, while Rika, Aya's youngest sister, has just started high school. Haruto is caring for a 14-year-old female patient, Mizuki, who was bullied in school because of her spinocerebellar degeneration, and rejects therapy due to having lost her will to live. Haruto remembers how Aya fought her illness and lived her life with her disease, and is thus motivated to support Mizuki reappears in the episode using a number of flashbacks from the series and in new scenes.{{cite news |url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200703/gt2007030909.html |script-title=ja:まだ泣き足りない？フジ系「1リットルの涙」4・5スペシャル |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510123036/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200703/gt2007030909.html |archive-date=May 10, 2007|language=ja}}

• Erika Sawajiri - Aya Ikeuchi
• Ryo Nishikido - Haruto Asou

• Naohito Fujiki - Hiroshi Mizuno (a doctor)
• Hiroko Yakushimaru - Ikeuchi Shioka
• Takanori Jinnai - Ikeuchi Mizuo
• Riko Narumi - Ikeuchi Ako
• {{Interlanguage link|Yuma Sanada|ja|3=真田佑馬}} - Ikeuchi Hiroki
• {{Interlanguage link|Ai Miyoshi|ja|3=三好杏依}}, Yuuki Miyoshi - Ikeuchi Rika (the latter played an older Rika in the last two episodes)
• {{Interlanguage link|Sarasa Morimoto|ja|森本更紗}} - Ikeuchi Rika in the special episode, in first year of high school.
• {{Interlanguage link|Saori Koide|ja|3=小出早織}} - Mari Sugiura (One of Aya's best friends)
• Kenichi Matsuyama - Yuji Kawamoto (Aya's first love interest and the basketball club leader, who drifts apart from her when she falls ill)
• Yuya Endo - Takeda Makoto (Yuji's friend in the basketball club)
• {{Interlanguage link|Kana Matsumoto|ja|3=松本華奈}} - Saki Matsumura
• {{Interlanguage link|Momosuke Mizutani|ja|3=水谷百輔}} - Kohei Onda
• {{Interlanguage link|Ryo Hashidume|ja|3=橋爪遼}} - Keita Nakahara
• Hiroshi Katsuno - Yoshifumi Asōu (Haruto's father)
• {{Interlanguage link|Asae Onishi|ja|3=大西麻恵}} - Asumi Oikawa (Aya's roommate when she was in disability school, who has the same disease as Aya)
• {{Interlanguage link|Kazuko Katō|ja|3=かとうかずこ}} - Kikue Oikawa (Asumi's mother)
• Yuuki Sato - Keisuke Asōu (Haruto's brother)
• {{Interlanguage link|Maya Hamaoka|ja|3=浜丘麻矢}} - Madoka Fujimura
• {{Interlanguage link|Toshihide Tonesaku|ja|3=東根作寿英}} - Kiichi Takano (One of the volunteers at the disability school, who later marries the head teacher there)
• Shigeyuki Satō - Nishino (Aya's homeroom teacher at the normal high school)
• Aoi - Tomita (a high school student who likes Haruto & is jealous of Aya)
• Anri Okamoto - Nagashima Mizuki (a 14-year-old, and the protagonist in special episodes).

Indonesian Production House SinemArt's{{cite web|url=http://www.sinemart.com/new/TV-Programs.php?select=tayang&sub=sinopsis&pID=53 |title=Sinemart |publisher=Sinemart |date= |access-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214232425/http://www.sinemart.com/new/TV-Programs.php?select=tayang&sub=sinopsis&pID=53 |archive-date=14 February 2012 }} drama, titled Buku Harian Nayla{{Cite web |url=http://www.rcti.tv/sinetron/index.php?kode=91 |title=Error |access-date=2006-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061218110959/http://www.rcti.tv/sinetron/index.php?kode=91 |archive-date=2006-12-18 |url-status=dead }} (Nayla's Diary), supposedly plagiarizes 1 Litre of Tears. The series bears some striking resemblances, such as the protagonists' names. The series aired on RCTI as a special Christmas series. Comparisons between the two series have been drawn by the show's audience.[http://lautan.indosiar.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37204&whichpage=29 Lautan Indonesia – Welcome] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115172104/http://lautan.indosiar.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37204&whichpage=29 |date=January 15, 2007 }} The scenario was written by Serena Luna, aka Chevyra Edenia. Indonesian fans of 1 Litre no Namida have reported this admitted act of plagiarism to Fuji TV and Indonesian mass media, but there has yet to be a response from Buku Harian Nayla's creators. RCTI failed to credit or acknowledge Fuji TV and 1 Litre of Tears, from which the story is presumed to have been adapted, and noted that "This story is fictitious: the similarities of names, characters, places, and times are purely coincidental."{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Amrita TV is to dub 1 Litre no Namida, and the Chinese drama Tears of Happiness is based on this drama.

A Turkish remake of this drama, titled Bir Litre Gözyaşı, aired on Kanal D in 2018.

Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]

• Original run: October 11, 2005 – December 20, 2005
• Network and Timeslot: Fuji TV, Tuesdays at 10:00-11:00{{nbsp}}pm
• Theme songs: "Only Human" by K, and {{Nihongo|"Konayuki"|粉雪||Powdered Snow}} and {{Nihongo|"Sangatsu Kokonoka"|3月9日||9 March}} by Remioromen
• OST by Susumu Ueda

• Original run: October 15, 2006 – December 31, 2006
• Network and Timeslot: TVB Jade, Sundays at 10:30-11:30{{nbsp}}pm
• Theme song(s): "Stubborn" ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|固執}}) by Jason Chan (TV), Xiang Ai Bu Xiang Ai ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|想愛不相愛}}) by Ivana Wong (Movie)

• Original run: Nov 28, 2006 – Jan 2, 2007
• Channel and time slot: E-City, Mondays and Tuesdays, 11:00{{nbsp}}pm – 12:00{{nbsp}}am
• Theme songs: "Only Human" by K, and {{Nihongo|"Konayuki"|粉雪||Powdered Snow}} and {{Nihongo|"Sangatsu Kokonoka"|3月9日||9 March}} by Remioromen

• Original run: May 4, 2007 – May 18, 2007
• Network and Timeslot: Indosiar, Mondays to Fridays at 05:00-06:00 pm
• Theme songs: "Only Human" by K, and {{Nihongo|"Konayuki"|粉雪||Powdered Snow}} and {{Nihongo|"Sangatsu Kokonoka"|3月9日||9 March}} by Remioromen

• Original run: July 2, 2007 – July 18, 2007
• Network and Timeslot: Japan Entertainment Television, Mondays to Thursdays at 10:00-11:00{{nbsp}}pm
• Theme songs: "Only Human" by K, and {{Nihongo|"Konayuki"|粉雪||Powdered Snow}} and {{Nihongo|"Sangatsu Kokonoka"|3月9日||9 March}} by Remioromen

• Original run: August 4, 2007 – October 20, 2007
• Channel and time slot: 8TV, Saturdays, 06:00 pm – 07:00 pm
• Theme songs: "Only Human" by K, and {{Nihongo|"Konayuki"|粉雪||Powdered Snow}} and {{Nihongo|"Sangatsu Kokonoka"|3月9日||9 March}} by Remioromen

• Original run: May 5, 2008 - June 9, 2008
• Channel and time slot: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, Mondays & Tuesdays, 08:30 pm – 09:30 pm
• Theme songs: "Only Human" by K, and {{Nihongo|"Konayuki"|粉雪||Powdered Snow}} and {{Nihongo|"Sangatsu Kokonoka"|3月9日||9 March}} by Remioromen

• Original run: May 25, 2009 – June 19, 2009
• Channel and time slot: GMA Network, Weekdays, 10:15{{nbsp}}pm – 10:45{{nbsp}}pm
• Theme songs: "Walang Hanggan" by Wency Cornejo feat. Cookie Chua, "Only Human" by K, and {{Nihongo|"Konayuki"|粉雪||Powdered Snow}} and {{Nihongo|"Sangatsu Kokonoka"|3月9日||9 March}} by Remioromen

• Original run: September 3, 2012
• Channel and time slot: HTV3, Mondays to Thursday, 21h30 - 22h30 GMT+7
• Theme songs: "Only Human" by K, and {{Nihongo|"Konayuki"|粉雪||Powdered Snow}} and {{Nihongo|"Sangatsu Kokonoka"|3月9日||9 March}} by Remioromen
• OST by Susumu Ueda

{{Track listing

| title1 = littoru no namida -Main Theme-

| music1 = Susumu Ueda

| title2 = hurdle wo koete

| music2 = Susumu Ueda

| title3 = anata ga oshiete kure tamono -ai no Theme-

| music3 = Susumu Ueda

| title4 = yasashisa ni tsumarete

| music4 = Susumu Ueda

| title5 = anji

| music5 = Susumu Ueda

| title6 = kimi e no Long Pass

| music6 = Susumu Ueda

| title7 = rakujitsu

| music7 = Susumu Ueda

| title8 = shinobiyoru byouma

| music8 = Susumu Ueda

| title9 = furi aoge ba aoi sora

| music9 = Susumu Ueda

| title10 = namida no imi

| music10 = Susumu Ueda

| title11 = senkoku

| music11 = Susumu Ueda

| title12 = mou utae nai

| music12 = Susumu Ueda

| title13 = te wo nobase ba anata ga

| music13 = Susumu Ueda

| title14 = kunou no senritsu

| music14 = Susumu Ueda

| title15 = nagare yuku jikan

| music15 = Susumu Ueda

| title16 = sagashi te goran

| music16 = Susumu Ueda

| title17 = nigiyaka na danran

| music17 = Susumu Ueda

| title18 = toumei na sekai

| music18 = Susumu Ueda

| title19 = seimei aru kagiri -Sub Theme-

| music19 = Susumu Ueda

| title20 = Only Human (Piano Version)

| music20 = K

| title21 = Konayuki (Piano Version)

| music21 = Remioromen

| title22 = Only Human (Cello Version)

| music22 = K

| title23 = Only Human

| music23 = K

| title24 = Konayuki

| music24 = Remioromen

| title25 = sangatsu kokonoka

| music25 = Remioromen

}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{IMDb title|title=Ichi rittoru no namida}}
• [http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/tears/ 1 Litre of Tears at Fuji TV] {{in lang|ja}}

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Category:Japanese drama television series

Category:2005 Japanese television series debuts

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Category:2000s Japanese television series

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