On April 5, 2007, a couple was married in a church.
At first glance, it was a typical wedding, with the happy couple, their families and their friends. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer, and had been given only a month to live. : “April Bride” is the true story of Chie Nagashima who died at the age of 24. The film is a last message from Chie, who loved and was loved, who supported and was supported right up to the very end. This record of love, of life, and of tears, comes to the screen.
‘It is a miracle that tomorrow comes to everyone. Just knowing that fills each day with happiness.’ by Chie Nagashima

Overcoming a tragic accident at a young age that confined her to a wheelchair and caused frequent memory loss, Tsukasa has an inspiring lust for life and energy. She plays sports and meets, then falls in love with, a young basketball-playing taxi driver named Masami. Soon, the two find themselves having to face a variety of challenges and difficulties form the world around them on their way to marriage and the dreams of building a blissful life together. This film is based on a miraculous story about an actual couple in Abashiri, Hokkaido. Tsukasa has been paralyzed on her left side since a traffic accident as a young girl, which also caused some brain damage, making her forget things easily.

At the Tojo University Hospital, a group of specialists in the type of heart surgery called the “Batista operation,” which is said to have a success rate of 60%, have formed a specialist team called “Team Batista,” and the team is improving their record miraculously with 26 consecutive successful cases. However, all of a sudden, there are three operational death cases in a row. Are they just accidents? Or murders? A doctor, Taguchi is assigned to conduct an internal investigation. Taguchi, who knows nothing about surgery, reluctantly plays the role of a detective, but, not surprisingly, things don’t work. When Taguchi is trying to wrap up her investigation by determining that those operational deaths are simply accidents, a daring and astute government official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare named Shiratori shows up in front of Taguchi, saying “These are murder cases. The suspect is among the 7 members of Team Batista!” The two investigate the Team Batista members once again…

This time, the scandal is in ER.- A mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguchi (Yuko Takeuchi), a specialist in “unidentified clinical syndromes” at Tojo University Hospital. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” - Somewhere under all the mystery lies an unimaginable truth.