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Film · 2006
The Letters
2h 1mDirected by Jirō Shōno
- Drama
How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his brother. But the crime's aftereffect extends to Naoki, and, branded as a "murderer's brother," Naoki is deprived of his love, career and dream. His desperate situation gradually changes when he finds true love with Yumiko, who always stands by him. To protect the love that he has finally found, Naoki begins writing a letter to Takeshi... The touching story of a man who was powerless against his irreversible fate, but still tried to overcome it in the quest for his dream.
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Cast
Takayuki YamadaNaotaka Takeshima
Erika SawajiriYumiko Shirai
Tetsuji TamayamaTakashi Takeshima
Kazue FukiishiAsami Nakajo
Hiroyuki OnoueYusuke Terao
Mitsuru FukikoshiTadao Ogata
Yoji TanakaKurata
Details
- Director
- Jirō Shōno
- Novel
- Keigo Higashino
- Music
- Naoki Sato
- Editor
- Akimasa Kawashima
- Producer
- HONOKI Hiromi, Kazunari Hashiguchi
- Release
- November 3, 2006
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Language
- Japanese
- Studio
- Nikkatsu Corporation, AOI Pro., Mainichi Shimbun
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