The Letters

The Letters

121 mins | Drama | Nov. 3, 2006

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.

The Letters

121 mins | Drama | Nov. 3, 2006

The Letters
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation, GAGA, Sony Music Entertainmant, Mainichi Shinbunsha, Stardust Pictures, Aoi Promotion, Rentrak Japan K.K., Tokyu Recreation
Original title 手紙
Directors Jirô Shôno
Writers Keigo Higashino

Cast

Takayuki Yamada

as Naotaka Takeshima

Erika Sawajiri

as Yumiko Shirai

Tetsuji Tamayama

as Takashi Takeshima

Kazue Fukiishi

as Asami Nakajo

Hiroyuki Onoue

as Yusuke Terao

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

as Tadao Ogata

Yoji Tanaka

as Kurata