Love Letter

Directed by Shunji Iwai
Shunji Iwai
Film Movement Classics
1995
117 Minutes
Japan
Japanese
Classics, Drama, Romance, Asian
PG
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Theatrical booking
Erin Farrell
erin@filmmovement.com
Festival and non-theatrical booking
Erin Farrell
erin@filmmovement.com
Materials and print traffic
Erin Farrell
erin@filmmovement.com

Synopsis

Hiroko is still in the depths of grief from losing her fiancé Itsuki Fujii in a tragic mountain-climbing accident. On the day of his two-year memorial service, Hiroko finds an old address of Itsuki’s, and sends him a letter. Shockingly, she receives a reply, from a woman who also happens to be named Itsuki Fujii. As the two women exchange letters, coincidences and memories of Hiroko’s fiancé bring them together in ways they could have never imagined.
 
“Extremely attractive and succulently filmed” (Variety) by writer-director Shunji Iwai in his feature debut, Love Letter was a box-office phenomenon upon its initial release and has been hailed as “gloriously brilliant” and the “greatest romance story from Japan” (Asian Movie Pulse). Film Movement Classics presents the film in a new 4K restoration.

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