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.
Director: Jirō Shōno
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Takayuki Yamada as Naotaka Takeshima |
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Erika Sawajiri as Yumiko Shirai |
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Tetsuji Tamayama as Takashi Takeshima |
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Kazue Fukiishi as Asami Nakajo |
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Hiroyuki Onoue as Yusuke Terao |
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Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Tadao Ogata |
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Yoji Tanaka as Kurata |
| Directing | Jirō Shōno | Director |
| Writing | Keigo Higashino | Novel |
| Production | HONOKI Hiromi | Producer |
| Sound | Hirohide Shida | Music Producer |
| Directing | Masaya Takahashi | Assistant Director |
| Production | Taketo Niitsu | Line Producer |
| Production | Shin'ya Kawai | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yuka Hoshino | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tatsumi Yoda | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Naoki Sato | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Teru Yamazaki | Production Design |
| Editing | Akimasa Kawashima | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kunio Nakayama | Costumer |
| Sound | Mineharu Kitamura | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Kazunari Hashiguchi | Producer |
| Production | Yutaka Tsunoda | Associate Producer |
| Production | Shigeo Minakami | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Kenji Takeuchi | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Yukiko Nagasaka | Script |
| Camera | Osamu Fujiishi | Camera Technician |
| Art | Sachio Tanida | Decorator |
| Production | 増子美和 | Production Manager |
