Kyou no Hi wa Sayounara

Kyou no Hi wa Sayounara (今日の日はさようなら, Farewell for Today) is a Japanese drama special, directed by Shintaro Sugawara, part of Nippon TV's annual 24 Hour Television: "Love Saves the Earth" telethon. It received a viewership rating of 23.4%.[1]

Kyou no Hi wa Sayounara
Promotional poster
今日の日はさようなら
GenreDrama
Based onOozora e no Tabidachi ~Gan to Tatakai Nagara mo Yume Miteita Mirai
by Kazuya Miyuki
Written byAtsuko Hashibe
Directed byShintaro Sugawara
StarringSatoshi Ohno
Theme music composerJunichi Matsumoto
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
Production
ProducersHidehiro Kawano
Hiroko Okura
Original release
NetworkNippon TV
ReleaseAugust 24, 2013 (2013-08-24)

Plot

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Kouta Fujioka is a 29-year old man who has a good family, including his father who always supports him, his mother who enjoys cooking, and his older sister with her bright personality. He also has a girlfriend named Etsuko Tanebe. Kouta wants people to eat delicious foods made by him and begins a job as an apprentice chef at a restaurant. One day, Kouta suddenly passes out and is sent to the hospital, where he is diagnosed with malignant lymphoma, completely changing his life. Given three months left to live, Kouta makes up his mind, with the support of his family and those he meets at the hospital, to accept his fate and "face a proper death".[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "嵐・大野主演24時間テレビドラマ、恋人役に木村文乃 三浦友和ら新キャスト発表". Oricon. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Ohno Satoshi to star in '24-Hour Television' drama special 'Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara'". Tokyohive. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
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