Niini no Koto o Wasurenaide

Japanese TV series or program

Niini no Koto o Wasurenaide
Genre	Family
Created by	Original novel by Masumi Kawakami
Starring	See below
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	1
Production
Producers	Futoshi Ohira, Toshiaki Naniwa, Naoyuki Nakano
Production location	Tokyo
Original release
Network	NTV
Release	August 29, 2009 (2009-08-29)

Niini no Koto o Wasurenaide (にぃにのことを忘れないで, Don't Forget About Niini) is a Japanese drama that was broadcast on NTV on August 29, 2009 and starred Ryo Nishikido in the title role. The special was based on a true story and the original novel of the same name by Kawakami Masumi.

Synopsis

Keisuke Kawai (Ryo Nishikido) is a young man who aspired to become a physicist since he was young. His hopeful parents send him to an expensive college prep school, but at the age of 15, during his third year of junior high, he is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Told that he only has one year to live, he falls into despair, giving up on treatment and even lashing out against his own mother.