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The Letters

The Letters

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 3, 2006

Runtime

2h 1m

Genres

Drama

User Score

65%

Original Title

手紙

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation, AOI Pro., Mainichi Shimbun, Stardust Pictures, Rentrak Japan, Tokyu Recreation, Sony Music Entertainment, GAGA Communications

Director

Jirō Shōno

Description

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.