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The Letters (2006)
Directed by Jirō Shōno
Drama · 2h 01m
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.
Cast
Takayuki Yamada
Erika Sawajiri
Tetsuji Tamayama
Kazue Fukiishi
Hiroyuki Onoue
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Yoji Tanaka
Crew
- Director
- Jirō Shōno
- Novel
- Keigo Higashino
- Original Music Composer
- Naoki Sato
- Editor
- Akimasa Kawashima
- Producer
- HONOKI Hiromi, Kazunari Hashiguchi
Details
- Original title
- 手紙
- Release date
- 2006-11-03
- Runtime
- 2h 01m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Nikkatsu Corporation, AOI Pro., Mainichi Shimbun, Stardust Pictures, Rentrak Japan, Tokyu Recreation, Sony Music Entertainment, GAGA Communications