# The Hours of My Life (2014)

> A college student diagnosed with ALS must decide how to spend his remaining time in this Japanese drama.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/59875

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 11
- Episode runtime: 54 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Network: Fuji TV
- Cast: Haruma Miura, Mikako Tabe, Takumi Saitoh, Shunsuke Kazama, Mizuki Yamamoto, Mieko Harada, Miyoko Asada, Mantaro Koichi
- TMDB rating: 8.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3329352/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: melancholic, tender, sincere, bittersweet

## What critics say

Audiences broadly regard the series as a positive, emotionally affecting drama carried by its lead performance.

## Synopsis

The Hours of My Life (2014) is a Japanese television drama series produced for Fuji TV, a single-season limited series of eleven episodes. College student Takuto Sawada (Haruma Miura) is an ordinary young man whose life tilts when he learns he has ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, and only a short time left to live. The engine of the show is his question of how to spend those remaining days, and each episode follows the practical and emotional fallout as he reconsiders work, love, and family. Mikako Tabe plays Megumi Hongo, Takumi Saitoh plays Shigeyuki Mukai, and Mieko Harada plays Sawako Sawada, and their relationships with Takuto anchor the drama's quieter scenes. Themes of job hunting, disability, and the weight of ordinary routines sit alongside grief and gratitude. The tone is tender, melancholic, and sincere, closer to a patient family drama than a medical procedural. Fans of Ikiru, My Sister's Keeper, and One Week Friends will find the same resonance, a story where a dwindling life sharpens what matters.

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