Love Letter (1995-Japan)
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- Movie: Love Letter
- Romaji:
- Japanese:
- Director: Shunji Iwai
- Writer: Shunji Iwai
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: March 25, 1995 (Japan)
- Runtime: 117 min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Hiroko Watanabe (Miho Nakayama) lives in Kobe. Her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, was tragically killed in a mountaineering accident. One day Hiroko finds Itsuki’s old school yearbook, from the time he lived in Otaru, Hokkaido. She finds an address in the book. She writes a letter and sends it to that address. A letter sent to heaven?Itsuki Fujii (also played by Miho Nakayama) lives in Otaru. She receives the letter a few days later: “Dear Itsuki Fujii. How Are you? I am fine. Hiroko Watanabe.” She is a little disturbed by the letter, but decides to write back.Hiroko is astonished when she receives a reply. She goes to discuss it with Shigeru Akiba (Etsushi Toyokawa). When Itsuki was alive, Shigeru and he were mountaineering partners. After Itsuki’s death, Shigeru thought very seriously of marrying Hiroko. But the memory of Itsuki was a barrier between them. Soon Hiroko discovers that the reply came from her fiancé’s classmate and namesake, Istuki Fujii, a woman. The two women begin a strange correspondence.
Cast
- Miho Nakayama - Itsuki Fujii / Hiroko Watanabe
- Etsushi Toyokawa - Akiba Shigeru
- Bunjaku Han - Female itsuki's mother
- Katsuyuki Shinohara - Female itsuki's grandfather
- Miki Sakai - Itsuki Fujii as a young girl
- Takashi Kashiwabara - Male itsuki fujii
- Ken Mitsuishi - Abekasu
- Emiko Nagata - Harumi
- Kaori Oguri - Suzumi
- Naoki Goto - Ootomo
- Toshiya Sakai - Driver
- Keiichi Suzuki - Male itsuki's father
- Tomorowo Taguchi - Female itsuki's father
- Hiroshi Kanbe - Haruo
- Mariko Kaga - Male itsuki's mother
- Kumi Nakamura - Hamaguchi, teacher
- Sansei Shiomi - Kajioyaji
- Ranran Suzuki - Sanae Oikawa
Festivals & Awards
- Audience Award, Montreal Film Festival
- Official Selection Toronto Film Festival
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Film Festivals
- 2011 (35th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 20 - April 5, 2011 - 20th Anniversary of Fortissimo Films
