Love Letter
My favourite Japanese movie of all time is Love Letter by Iwai Shunji.
Cast
Miho Nakayama
Etsushi Toyokawa
Bunjaku Han
Katsuyuki Shinohara
Miki Sakai
Takashi Kashiwabara
Mariko Kaga
Synopsis
Hiroko Watanabe’s fiance, Itsuki Fujii, died in a mountaineering accident two years ago, yet she has been unable to forget him. She came across his high school year book and found his old address by chance, and wrote a letter, knowing that she would never receive a reply. However, to her surprise, she received a reply. It turned out that when Itsuki was in high school, there was a girl in his class with the exact same name, and it was her address that Hiroko has written to. She decided to pay a visit to this girl.
When Hiroko arrived, she did not meet Itsuki as planned due to certain reasons. However, she did see how Itsuki looked like, which, to her shock, bore a strong resemblance to herself. In fact, they looked exactly alike. She began to be suspicious about (male) Itsuki’s reasons for falling in love with her…
Even though they did not meet, they continued to correspond to each other through letters, with Itsuki telling Hiroko about her past encounters with her fiance in high school.
This strange relationship between the two women, with the dead Itsuki as their mutual link, led to some startling discoveries. As such, Itsuki finally discovered the real reason as to why the male Itsuki used to write his (her) name on blank library cards when they were in high school…
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