Crying Out Love in the Center of the World - Sekai no chshin de, ai wo sakebu (2004)

Wow this bothers me, it's a tragic romance that goes on for over 2 hours, it didn't bore me, it actually brought a tear to my eye, I must be getting soft in my old age or the film was effective. 

Perhaps it was because the tragedy in this case was caused by leukemia or "atom bomb disease" as it's still known in Japan, either way this film has done very well in SE Asia.

Cheers Trev.