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Love Letter

Love Letter

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Love Letter

1985

1h 48m

7.8(9 votes)

Drama

Overview

A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Kenichi Hagiwara

Kenichi Hagiwara

Shoichi Takehara

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

Kyoko Takehara

Keiko Takahashi

Keiko Takahashi

Etsuko Tajima

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Tetsushi Kamiya

Masahiko Arima

Father

Isao Hashizume

Isao Hashizume

Counselor

Tokie Hidari

Tokie Hidari

Chief Nurse

Eiichi Kudō

Eiichi Kudō

Man in Detention

Noboru Mitani

Noboru Mitani

Vice Principal

Noboru Nakaya

Noboru Nakaya

Vice Director

Creative team

Directed by: Tatsumi Kumashiro
Written by: Jun Takada
Tatsumi Kumashiro
Produced by: Goro Sakurai
Jun Nagara

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