Japan / Nov 03, 2006
2h 1min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 手紙 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Nikkatsu Corporation, AOI Pro., Mainichi Shimbun, Stardust Pictures, Rentrak Japan, Tokyu Recreation, Sony Music Entertainment, GAGA Communications |
| Release date | 3 novembre 2006 |
| Executive producer | Shin'ya Kawai, Yuka Hoshino, Tatsumi Yoda |
| Production | HONOKI Hiromi, Taketo Niitsu, Kazunari Hashiguchi, Yutaka Tsunoda, Shigeo Minakami |
| Writer | Keigo Higashino |
| Editing | Akimasa Kawashima |
| Cinematography | Kenji Takeuchi, Osamu Fujiishi |
| Assistant directors | Masaya Takahashi, Jirō Shōno |
| Camera operators | Kenji Takeuchi, Osamu Fujiishi |
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| Additional photography | Kenji Takeuchi, Osamu Fujiishi |
| Production design | Teru Yamazaki, Sachio Tanida |
| Art direction | Teru Yamazaki, Sachio Tanida |
| Set decoration | Teru Yamazaki, Sachio Tanida |
| Music | Naoki Sato, Hirohide Shida, Mineharu Kitamura |
| Sound | Hirohide Shida, Naoki Sato, Mineharu Kitamura |
| Costume design | Kunio Nakayama |
| Makeup | Kunio Nakayama |
| Hairstyling | Kunio Nakayama |
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