Post Card (Japanese Movie)

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Movie: Post Card
Romaji: Ichimai no hagaki
Japanese: 一枚のハガキ
Director: Kaneto Shindo
Writer: Kaneto Shindo
Producer: Jiro Shindo
Cinematographer: Masahiko Hayashi
World Premiere: October 27, 2010 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Release Date: August 6, 2011
Runtime: 114 min.
Distributor: Tokyo Theatres
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Towards the end of the war, one hundred middle-aged soldiers were sent to the frontline according to lots drawn by their superior officer. On the night of the lottery, a soldier, expecting to be killed in action, leaves a postcard from his wife with Keita Matsuyama. The card reads, "It is the festival today, but the air feels empty without your presence." The soldier asks Keita to let his wife know that he had read the postcard. The war ends, and six survivors out of 100 return home, but no one awaits Keita at home. His wife has gone off with his father, not expecting Keita to return alive. Tomoko, who wrote the postcard, was persuaded to re-marry her husband's younger brother, but he was also killed in the war. Her father-in-law has died of shock, and her mother-in-law has killed herself, leaving Tomoko alone in a poverty-stricken farmhouse. It is at this point Keita visits her with the postcard, and learns of her reality.-- Tokyo International Film Festival

Notes

"Post Card" was selected as Japan's entry for the "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 84th Academy Awards.

Cast



Etsushi Toyokawa	Shinobu Otake
Keita Matsuyama	Tomoko Morikawa



Naomasa Musaka	Ren Osugi	Akira Emoto	Mitsuko Baisho	Masahiko Tsugawa
Jouzukuri Morikawa	Yoshigoro Izumiya	Yukichi Morikawa	Chiyo Morikawa	Keita Matsuyama's uncle



Yasuhito Ohchi	Maiko Kawakami	Moeko Ezawa	Akaji Maro	Dai Watanabe
Sanpei Morikawa	Mie Matsuyama	wife of Keita Matsuyama's uncle	monk	sergeant

Trailer

Film Festivals

2010 (23rd) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 23-31, 2010 - Competition *World Premiere
2012 (36th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 21-April 5, 20112 - Master Class
2012 (12th) Nippon Connection - May 2-May 6, 2012 - Nippon Cinema *German Premiere

Awards

2010 (23rd) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 23-31, 2010
- Special Jury Prize
2011 (66th) Mainichi Film Awards - January 18, 2012
- Grand Prize
- Best Screenplay
- Best Art Direction (Koichi Kanekatsu)
- Best Music (Hikaru Hayashi)
- Best Sound (Satoshi Ozaki)
2011 (54th) Blue Ribbon Awards - January 24, 2012
- Best Director
2012 (7th) Osaka Cinema Festival - March 4, 2012
- Best Actor (Etsushi Toyokawa)