Name: Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
Director: Kenji Yoshida
Genre: Drama
Released: 1978-10-28
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Tomoko Ogawa, Ryuto Kadoya, Terue Suzuki, Noboru Nakaya, Kotoe Hatsui

A family shattered by blood, bound by love, and desperately clinging to hope.

Medical melodrama1970s gritFamily tearjerker

Overview

Drama

Film distributed by ATG.

JP Japanese

Standout Aspects

Acting

Tomoko Ogawa's devastating, understated maternal breakdown.

Direction

Yoshida's unflinching hospital corridor realism.

Best for:Solo·Streaming

Heads up:Emotional·Disturbing

Director

Kenji Yoshida

ReleasedOct 28, 1978

Runtime1h 48m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensityhigh

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Top Cast

Noboru Nakaya

Kotoe Hatsui

Keiko Yanagawa

Daigo Kusano

Mayumi Oka

Yoshie Ichige

Jiro Kawarazaki

Sakae Umezu

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

ATG (Art Theatre Guild) was Japan's rebel distributor, platforming politically charged human dramas studio systems rejected.

Insight

Aplastic anemia treatment in 1978 meant bone marrow transplants were experimental; the film captures medical helplessness now erased by modern science.