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Last Letter (2020)

Last Letter poster
Original title
ラストレター
Directed by
Shunji Iwai
Genre
romance film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h
Rated
I
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her hometown for a school reunion and discovers a letter from her late first love. This unearths buried memories and connects her present with the past.

melancholicnostalgicgentlereflectiveslow-burnbittersweetemotional

What happens

Last Letter (Japanese: ラストレター, Hepburn: Rasuto Retā) is a 2020 Japanese romantic drama film written, directed and edited by Shunji Iwai, based on his own novel. It is Iwai's second film adaptation of the novel, following the 2018 Chinese film of the same name. The film stars Takako Matsu, Suzu Hirose, Nana Mori, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hideaki Anno and Masaharu Fukuyama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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