The Beginning of a Youth

8.6/10 · 67 votesOct 11, 200553 min

Ranked #11 of 11 in Season 1•−0.4 vs season avg

Aya Ikeuchi is a junior high school student preparing for the high school entrance exam. Surrounded by her cheerful and reliable mother, Shioka, her father, Mizuo, who runs a tofu store, and her three younger siblings, Ako, Hiroki, and Rika, she leads an ordinary but

Season 1 Episodes11

E1 8.6Now viewing

The Beginning of a Youth

E2 8.7

15 Years Old, Creeping Disease

E3 8.7

Why Did the Disease Choose Me?

E4 8.8

Two Loneliness

E5 8.9

Disability Certificate

Insincere Glances

Where I am

1 Litre of Tears

Live in the Moment

Love Letter

Far Away, Where the Tears Have Run Out

Cast10

Erika Sawajiri

Aya Ikeuchi

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Shioka Ikeuchi

Ryo Nishikido

Haruto Asou

Riko Narumi

Ako Ikeuchi

Yuma Sanada

Hiroki Ikeuchi

Ai Miyoshi

Rika Ikeuchi

Momosuke Mizutani

Kohei Onda

Ryô Hashizume

Keita Nakahara

Naohito Fujiki

Hiroshi Mizuno

Takanori Jinnai

Mizuo Ikeuchi

Crew2

Shosuke Murakami

Director

Michiru Egashira

Writer

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Episode Summary

"The Beginning of a Youth" is episode 1 of 1 Litre of Tears season 1. It scored 8.6/10 from 67 votes, ranking #11 of 11 episodes this season (season average 9.0). Directed by Shosuke Murakami and written by Michiru Egashira, it aired on October 11, 2005.

The Beginning of a Youth

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