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Last Letter (2018)

Last Letter poster
Original title
你好,之华
Directed by
Shunji Iwai
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
People's Republic of China, Japan
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman attends her sister's funeral and finds old letters that lead her to reconnect with a former classmate. The story unfolds through memories and correspondence, revealing hidden feelings and long-buried secrets.

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What happens

Last Letter (Chinese: 你好,之华) is a 2018 romance film written, directed, edited, co-produced and co-scored by Japanese filmmaker Shunji Iwai, based on his own novel, and starring Zhou Xun, Qin Hao and Zhang Zifeng. A Chinese-Hong Kong-Japanese co-production, it was released on November 9, 2018. Iwai adapted the same novel into a Japanese film, also known as Last Letter, released in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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