There’s something so sweet about getting a hand-written letter. Especially if it comes from your first love. The anticipation as you wait for the letter in the mail. The excitement when the letter finally comes. And the comfort you feel when you write back the perfect response.
Here are three Japanese movies that will leave a note in your heart and mind.
Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!
1. Love Letter
What’s It About: Hiroko Wantanabe has just lost her fiancee in a mountain climbing accident. On the two-year anniversary after his death, Hiroko decides to write him a letter. She looks through his high-school yearbook at his parents house, and discovers the family used to live in Otaru. She records his old address and sends the letter believing the house has been torn down and replaced with a highway. Surprisingly, Hiroko recieves a reply from her letter.
Starring: Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takasi Kashiwabara
Where To Watch: Available on DVD on Amazon Prime
Watch The Trailer Here:
2. Crying Out Love In The Center Of The World
What’s It About: Sakutaro Matsumoto is looking for his girlffriend. He returns to their apartment in Tokyo and realizes his girlfriend Ritsuko Fujimura, found some of his old cassette tapes during their move to a different apartment. The tapes are from his high school days when he and his first love, Aki Hirose used to exchange tapes to each other as a way to communicate. When Aki gets sick and is admitted to the hospital, Saku makes more tapes for her while she is there. As her condition worsens, Aki and Saku makes promises to each other to visit Uluru. Aki makes a final goodbye tape for Saku and her friends fails to deliver it to him. When Saku is an adult, he listens to the final tape and fulfills Aki’s last wish.
Starring: Masami Nagasawa, Takao Osawa, Mirai Moriyama
Where To Watch: Available on DVD on Amazon Prime
Watch The Trailer Here:
3. Last Letter
What’s It About: Yuri Kishibeno is a housewife with a husband and two children. Her sister Misaki Tono has passed away recently and she is getting ready to attend the funeral. While at the funeral, Yuri is handed an invitation to a school reunion. Yuri decides to attend the reuion to tell them her sister has passed. But while there, Yuri gets mistaken for Misaki and she can’t tell them otherwise. Kyoshiro Otosaka was also at the reunion and tells Yuri, who he thinks is Misaki, that he has always been in love with her. He asks for her phone number and the two soon start exchanging letters. Will Yuri find the strength to tell Kyoshiro the truth in her letter?
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Nana Mori, Hideaki Anno
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Watch The Trailer Here:
