Metere 50 Shunen Tokubetsu Drama Yurichika e Mama kara no Dengon Special Edition

[Machine Translation] This is a special drama series for M-TV's 50th anniversary, featuring Takako Tokiwa, Seiichi Tanabe, Yukiyo Juju, Nagisa Katahira, and other talented actors, which was broadcast as a special drama on January 26, 2013 (Saturday) on 24 TV Asahi networks nationwide. Based on the bestseller "Yurichika he Mama Kara no Densetsu" (To Yurichika, A Message from Mama), which received overwhelming support from the public, the author Akiko Telenin wrote the story. What would you do if your wife got cancer during pregnancy and you were told that the five-year survival rate was 40%? The book sold 70,000 copies in two years from 2007, and became a bestseller, an unprecedented feat for a regional publisher. Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu, who also directed films such as "The Sun That Never Sets" and "Whiteout" as well as "Yamato Nadeshiko" and "My Brother", and written by Tomoko Yoshizawa, who also wrote the screenplay for "The Best Way to End Your Life" (TBS), "Gentleman's Party" (NHK) and "X'mas no kiseki" (CX)! The DVD contains the director's cut version of the film, which is different from the broadcast version. I want to be a mother. The main character, Akiko (Tokiwa Takako), had this thought in her mind, but she cruelly discovers that she has cancer at the same time she becomes pregnant... She is faced with the ultimate choice: to give birth to her child or to give priority to her mother. Her mother, Mitsuko ( Yukiyo Toku ), is opposed to the birth because of her love for Akiko, and they have a fierce fight, but what Akiko chooses is to "become a mother". Despite her mother's opposition and quarrels, Akiko loves her mother and strongly wishes to be like her. Mitsuko knows her daughter's wish and supports her, complaining that she is a stupid daughter. On the other hand, she cannot forgive her husband Ryota (Seiichi Tanabe) for not stopping his wife from giving birth, and the relationship between her mother-in-law and son-in-law becomes even more difficult. Akiko struggles to make things right between the two of them, and after Akiko gives birth to a baby girl, Yuria, she is told that she does not have much time left to live. So, Akiko decides to leave a "message to her daughter" in the time she has left... Even adults make mistakes," "Fashion is important," and so on... These are not preachy messages, but messages that gently push her back as a mother and as a senior woman. Akiko, in order to publish this notebook as a book, continues to write with her editor (Nagisa Katahira), despite the opposition of those around her, and despite her illness. She even dubbed her voice into a tape when she could not move her hands. Why go to such lengths to publish? A mother's deep and painful love for her daughter, Yuria, whom she must leave behind. The bonus disc includes a making-of featurette, a press conference announcing the production, a special interview, and a collection of SPOTs.

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メ～テレ50周年特別ドラマとして、常盤貴子、田辺誠一、十朱幸代、片平なぎさら実力派俳優によって、2013年1月26日(土)にスペシャルドラマとしてテレビ朝日系列全国24局ネットで放送された感動のドラマがDVD化! 原作は圧倒的な支持を受けたベストセラー『ゆりちかへ ママからの伝言』(著者・テレニン晃子)。妻が妊娠中に癌になり、5年生存率が40%だと言われたらどうするだろう? 2007年から2年で7万部を出版し、地方出版社としては異例のベストセラーとなったことで大きな反響を呼んだ。監督は『沈まぬ太陽』『ホワイトアウト』などの映画や『やまとなでしこ』『弟』などを手掛けた若松節朗、脚本に『最高の人生の終わり方』(TBS)、『下流の宴』(NHK)、『X'masの奇蹟』(CX)他の吉澤智子が担当! DVD本編は放送とは違うディレクターズ・カット版で収録! 「私、お母さんになりたいの」。　そんな思いを抱いていた主人公の晃子 (常盤貴子)だったが、残酷にも妊娠と同時にガンが発覚・・・。我が子を産むか、母体を優先するか、究極の選択に迫られる。晃子のことを想うが故に母・美津子 (十朱幸代)は出産に反対し、激しい喧嘩をするが、晃子が選んだのは「お母さんになる」ということだった。それは、反発し、喧嘩をしつつも、そんな母が大好きで、自分もそうなりたいと晃子が強く願ったから。美津子は娘のそんな思いを知り、「バカな娘だ」と文句を言いつつ、娘を支えていく。その一方で、妻の出産を止めなかった夫・亮太 (田辺誠一)を許せず、姑と婿の仲はさらに険悪になり、晃子は二人の間を取り持とうと四苦八苦・・・。そして、無事女の子「ゆりあ」を出産した晃子を待ち受けていたのは余命宣告だった。そこで晃子は、残された時間で「娘への伝言」を残すことに・・・。「大人だって間違える」「おしゃれは大事よ」──等々、それは少しも説教臭くない、母として、女性の先輩として、これから生きていく娘の背中をそっと押すようなメッセージ。このノートを晃子は本として出版しようと、周囲の反対を聞かず、編集者 (片平なぎさ)と二人三脚で、病をおして書き続ける。手が動かない時にはテープに声を吹き込んでまで・・・。そうまでして、なぜ出版するのか。そこには自分が残していかなければならない娘・ゆりあへの、母親の切なく、深い愛情が──。 特典ディスクには、メイキング、制作発表記者会見、スペシャルインタビュー、SPOT集を収録。