My Rainy Days (天使の恋, Tenshi no Koi, lit: Angel's Love) is a 2009 Japanese romance drama film based on the popular cell phone novel of the same name.
Japanese model Nozomi Sasaki stars in her first lead role in a film, as a seventeen-year-old high school student.
Seventeen year old high school student Rio Ozawa is always the center of attention due to her beauty.
Rio then finds out that he is dying of brain cancer, which is why he wanted to keep his distance, in order to avoid breaking her heart.
The cell phone novel Tenshi no Koi, which revolves around the topic of female high school students, had 13 million readers in Japan as of July 2009.
[5] On 19 July 2009 it was announced to the media that the novel would have a film adaptation and that the main cast members would be popular model Nozomi Sasaki and professional actor Shosuke Tanihara.
[11] Maggie Lee of The Hollywood Reporter said that the film's "love relationship draws on the stuff of Korean TV soaps" but added that it "avoids conventional tearjerking pitfalls with some unexpected narrative turns.".
[12] She also praised actress Nozomi Sasaki, saying that her acting value as brings "charismatic, slightly unreachable presence" to the film.
[12] She also praised the director's handling of the film, which she says showcases "pubescent sexuality and the mind-sets and mannerisms of the new generation without being patronizing or judgmental.".