I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)

A young man begins to fall in love with one of his classmates, who is slowly dying from a fatal pancreatic disease, and helps her live her life to the fullest before she passes on.

Director:

Shin'ichirô Ushijima

Writers:

Yoru Sumino (novel), Shin'ichirô Ushijima (screenplay)

Stars:

Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mahiro Takasugi	...	'Boku' (voice)
Lynn	...	Yamauchi Sakura (voice)
Yukiyo Fujii	...	Kyôko (voice)
Yuma Uchida	...	Takahiro (voice) (as Yûma Uchida)
Jun Fukushima	...	Gamu-kun (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryan Bartley	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kira Buckland	...	Kyoko (voice)
Khoi Dao	...	Gum Boy (voice)
Robbie Daymond	...	'Me' (voice)
Dorah Fine	...	Sakura's Mother (voice)
Erika Harlacher	...	Sakura Yamauchi (voice)
Xanthe Huynh	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kyle McCarley	...	Takahiro (voice)
Erica Mendez	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	'Boku' no chichi (voice)

Storyline

One day, "Me" - a highschooler - found a paperback in the hospital. The "Disease Coexistence Journal" was its title. It was a diary that "Me"'s classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, had written in secret. Inside, it was written that due to her pancreatic disease, her days were numbered. And thus, "Me" coincidentally went from Just-a-Classmate to a Secret-Knowing-Classmate. It was as if he were being drawn to her, who was his polar opposite. However, the world presented the girl that was already suffering from an illness with an equally cruel reality.

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Plot Keywords:

anime | cherry blossom | dying girl | hospital | fireworks | 

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Genres:

Animation | Drama | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Dynit [Italy] Fathom Events [United States]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

1 September 2018 (Japan)

Also Known As:

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$111,108, 10 February 2019

Gross USA:

$277,019

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$33,748,006

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABC Animation, Aniplex, East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Alternate Versions

Although the film was not released in India in an official Hindi dubbed version, a small studio AnimeDub Team has provided one, with the credits showing the name of Hindi voice cast instead of the original.

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Connections

Version of Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017)

User Reviews

What is important about a movie?

I think the answer to my question is: "the message". As you can see from my profile I rarely give high ratings but I think this movie deserves my 9 because I left the theater richer than when I entered. This movie makes you realize that often we take for granted so many things that actually aren't and we often focus on things that are not so important. I consider myself a rather cynical individual but I deeply appreciated this movie since it delivers a pure message and is an ode to joy, life, sharing, caring, empathy and love for ourselves and for others.