Love Letter

Oct 5, 1985

1h 48m

★ 7.9

Overview

A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku-Fuji Company

Kosaido Production

Love Letter Trailers

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Cast

Shoichi Takehara

Kenichi Hagiwara

Kyoko Takehara

Mitsuko Baisho

Etsuko Tajima

Keiko Takahashi

Tetsushi Kamiya

Kaoru Kobayashi

Father

Masahiko Arima

Counselor

Isao Hashizume

Chief Nurse

Tokie Hidari

Man in Detention

Eiichi Kudō

Vice Principal

Noboru Mitani

Vice Director

Noboru Nakaya

Yuu Takehara

Motoyoshi Wada

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