Film 1 Litre of Tears diperankan oleh Erika Sawajiri dan Nishikido Ryo. Film drama dari Jepang ini dibuat berdasarkan kisah nyata seorang wanita bernama Kito Aya. Saat berusia 15 tahun, dokter memvonis Aya menderita suatu penyakit yg tidak dapat disembuhkan, Spinocerebellar Ataxia. Penyakit ini menyerang otak kecil sehingga kelak penderitanya akan mengalami gangguan keseimbangan tubuh yang secara perlahan menyebabkan kelumpuhan, kesulitan berbicara, dan kesulitan menelan.

Script cerita 1 Litre of Tears ini diadopsi langsung dari Buku Harian yg Aya tulis sampai dirinya tidak mampu lagi untuk memegang bolpen. Di Jepang sendiri, buku ini laris terjual sampai dengan 1.1 juta copy.

Semasa hidupnya, Aya hanya memiliki satu impian yaitu tetap hidup. Keluarga, teman, serta orang-orang terdekat selalu memberikan semangat kepada dirinya. Penyakit yg semakin lama semakin menggerogoti tubuhnya tidak membuat Aya berkecil hati. Justru dengan penyakit inilah Aya semakin terpacu untuk menolong orang lain meskipun dengan kondisi fisik yg terbatas.

Aya meninggal pada usia 25 tahun. Kurang lebih selama 10 tahun dirinya menderita akibat Spinocerebellar Ataxia. Semangat pantang menyerah serta semangat hidupnya kini dijadikan sebagai sumber inspirasi bagi orang banyak.

Overall, ceritanya melingkupi bagaimana Kito Aya menjalani kehidupan sehari-hari dengan penyakit yang setiap hari bertambah buruk, bagaimana teman sekolah dan keluarganya selalu men-supportnya. Bagaimana dia berusaha menjadi berguna untuk orang di sekelilingnya walau dalam keadaan lumpuh.

Jujur saya berulang kali menangis ketika nonton episode demi episode, maklum soalnya saya orangnya sedikit melankolis kali ya.

– This isn’t something special. It’s just the record of a girl who was chosen by this strange disease.
– My life is like a flower thats hasn’t bloomed yet. From the start of the youth, I want to treasure it and have no regrets.
– Okaasan, in my heart, I know I can always trust you. From this point forward, I leave it to you. I’m sorry for always making you worry.
– This disease, why did it choose me? Fate. It can’t be put into words.
– I want to make a time machine and go back in time. If it wasn’t for this disease, not only I could enjoy falling in love but I also wouldn’t have to rely on anyone and live by myself.
– I really don’t want to say things such as ”I want to go back to how things were before.” I recognize how I am right now, and I will continue to live on.
– Therefore, I definitely won’t run away. That’s what I’ll do. Definitely, always.
– Even if it’s like that, I still want to stay here. Because this is the place where I am. To be able to be seen as an equal by my friends, I’m really thankful. I didn’t just only make trouble for them… Thinking like this, I’ve started not mind it that much.
– If you look up at the sky after falling down the blue sky is also today stretching limitlessly and smiles at me… I’m alive.
– People shouldn’t dwell on the past. It’s enough to try your best in all you’re doing now.
– I don’t want a comfortable place to stay in. From now on, I am thinking about how I am going to continue living.
– Reality is too cruel, too brutal. I don’t even have the right to dream. As I think about the future, the tears will come out again.
– Okaasan, will I be able to get married? It is you who helped me to find a reason to live on…
– Zutto Ikite ; live on forever
– I had a dream…and in it I was running freely and I was walking…But I had another dream…and in it I was in a wheelchair…I thought I had accepted me for who I am now…
– As long as its you saying it, no matter how slowly you say it, ill still listen
– If you cant talk on the phone, then ill come see you
– If you want to walk, no matter how slow it’ll be, ill walk with you
– As long as its you saying it, no matter how slowly you say it, ill still listen
– If you cant talk on the phone, then ill come see you
– If you want to walk, no matter how slow it’ll be, ill walk with you
– What’s wrong with falling down? As long as I stand up again