Yomei

[Machine Translation] Film adaptation of popular author Shiho Tanimura's novel of the same title! The film was directed by Jiro Ikuno, the master director of "Letter". Yasuko Matsuyuki gives an impassioned performance in the difficult role of a woman faced with the ultimate choice. This is an exquisite and moving work that depicts the preciousness of life and the splendor of living. --The film is about a 38-year-old surgeon at a university hospital, Dr. Momota, who has been married for 10 years and is expecting her long-awaited child. However, she noticed something wrong with her right breast. Her self-diagnosis proved to be wrong: the inflammatory breast cancer she had suffered from in her tenth year had returned, and there was no hope for a cure. Childbirth is the last chance for the 38-year-old droplet. However, even if she gave birth, she would not be able to raise her child. Her heart is shaken by the ultimate choice: childbirth or treatment.... This 2-disc set includes a bonus disc. Included on the bonus disc are making-of featurettes and interviews with Yasuko Matsuyuki, Kippei Shiina, Yuto Hayashi, and director Jiro Ikuno, a diary leading up to the release of "Yomei," and a special featurette.

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人気作家・谷村志穂同名小説を映画化! メガホンをとったのは『手紙』の名匠、生野慈朗監督。究極の選択に迫られる難しい役を松雪泰子が熱演。命の尊さ、生きることの素晴らしさを描いた、心を揺さぶる極上の感動作。 ――大学病院に勤める38歳の外科医・百田滴は、結婚10年目にして待望の子ども授かった。10年前に乳癌を患い右胸を全摘出して以来、子どもを諦めていた滴にとって最高に嬉しいニュースだった。しかし、滴は自分の右胸の異変に気づく。自己診断の結果、悪い予感は的中した。10年目に患った炎症性乳がんが再発、完治の見込みはない。出産は38歳の滴にとって最後のチャンス。しかし産んだところで自分は育てられない。出産か治療か、究極の選択に滴の心は揺れる・・・。 特典ディスク付き2枚組。特典ディスクには、メイキング&インタビュー(松雪泰子、椎名桔平、林遺都、生野慈朗監督)、「余命」公開までの日記、特報を収録。