The Letters(2006)

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.

Genre: Drama

Director: Jirô Shôno

Actors: Takayuki Yamada, Tetsuji Tamayama, Erika Sawajiri, Kazue Fukiishi, Hiroyuki Onoue, Yôji Tanaka, Tetsuo Yamashita, Mitsuko Ishii, Mina Hara, Tomokazu Ôhashi

Release date: 2006-11-03

Country of origin: Japan

Length: 2h 1m

Ratings:

• 6.8/10