There is a time limit to my love…
I didn’t know that I was not allowed to love her.
I made the worst promise. “Let’s get married, when we grow up.”

Introduction :
This sparkling story of pure love depicts the young couple of Takuma, a boy who will die before he turns 20 and Mayu, a girl who loves him and supports him all the time. They love each other with all their heart in their limited time. Mayu is played by Mao Inoue, who starred in the No.1 box-office film of 2008 “Boys Over Flowers”. As Takuma, Masaki Okada, the most promising actor in Japan, is cast. The film is directed by Takehiko Shinjo (“Life Tears in Heaven”), and the original story is a comic series by Kotomi Aoki which has sold more than 7.5 million copies, and has been translated in 7 countries (Italy, Spain, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. As of October 2009).

Story :
Takuma, a boy who is told he will die before he’s 20, and Mayu, a girl who is in love with him…

The story begins when they are little kids. Mayu, whose father is a doctor, meets Takuma, who is hospitalized in her father’s workplace. They develop feelings for each other, but Mayu learns of Takuma’s grave illness and that he will die before he turns 20. The distraught children make one promise for an uncertain future.

Time passes, and the girl becomes a young woman, and the boy, a young man.
Mayu continues to support and love Takuma. On the other hand, Takuma, who knows his days are numbered, pushes away his feelings for Mayu and distances himself from her. He cannot stand to see her cry or hurt her more than he already has. Then Mayu meets another man who has feelings for her, and Takuma meets a woman who has the same illness, and their feelings for each other begin to waver.

Misunderstandings, unsaid thoughts, the frustrations and chagrin of youth…
What will become of their love while the clock keeps ticking away in Takuma’s life?