The Letters (2006)

  • NR
  • 11/03/2006 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 2h 1m

Overview

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.

Jirō Shōno

Director

Keigo Higashino

Novel

Cast

Takayuki Yamada's headshot

Takayuki Yamada

Naotaka Takeshima
Erika Sawajiri's headshot

Erika Sawajiri

Yumiko Shirai
Tetsuji Tamayama's headshot

Tetsuji Tamayama

Takashi Takeshima
Kazue Fukiishi's headshot

Kazue Fukiishi

Asami Nakajo
Hiroyuki Onoue's headshot

Hiroyuki Onoue

Yusuke Terao
Mitsuru Fukikoshi's headshot

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Tadao Ogata
Yoji Tanaka's headshot

Yoji Tanaka

Kurata

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