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* '''Movie:''' Letter from the Mountain<br />
* '''Romaji:''' Amida-do dayori<br />
* '''Japanese:''' 阿弥陀堂だより<br />
* '''Director:''' [[Takashi Koizumi]]<br />
* '''Writer:''' [[Takashi Koizumi]], [[Keishi Nagi]] (novel)<br />
* '''Producer:''' Miyako Araki<br />
* '''Cinematographer:''' Masaharu Ueda<br />
* '''Release Date:''' October 5, 2002<br />
* '''Runtime:''' 128 min.<br />
* '''Studio:''' [[Asmik Ace Entertainment]]<br />
* '''Distributor:''' [[Toho]]<br />
* '''Language:''' Japanese<br />
* '''Country:''' Japan<br />
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==Plot==<br />
As the film begins, Takao (Akira Terao) and Michiko (Kanako Higuchi) have already pulled up their Tokyo roots and moved to a village that is Takao's ancestral home. They visit a thatched cottage that serves as a memorial shrine (amidado) for the village dead and chat with the attendant, the spry 96-year-old Oume (Tanie Kitabayashi). Together they admire the view -- from an inspiring distance. Oume, it turns out, is a kind of sage, whose thoughts and observations are a popular feature in a column in a local newsletter. Her amanuensis is a mute, sweetly smiling young woman named Sayuri (Manami Konishi), who is as devoted to Oume as Oume is to the souls of her beloved dead.<br />
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Takao also reunites with Koda-sensei (Takahiro Tamura), his beloved junior high-school teacher, now retired, who spends his day beating the futon with his wooden sword or practicing calligraphy in his tastefully decorated Japanese-style house, overlooking a picture-perfect Japanese garden. He and his devoted wife, Yone (Kyoko Kagawa), are always dressed elegantly in Japanese-style clothes and never touch anything electronic.<br />
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When they are not interacting with these and other villagers -- wonderful folks all -- Takao and Michiko take restful walks in the woods (with Michiko stopping once to ecstatically hug a tree), potter around their house (which has been in Takao's family for ages) and otherwise soothe away stress. Michiko makes a miraculous recovery from the panic attacks that drove her from her research work at a major Tokyo hospital, while Takao thinks about writing again, after selling nothing for years. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20021030a4.html -- Japan Times]<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Akira Terao]] - Takao Ueda<br />
* [[Kanako Higuchi]] - Michiko Ueda<br />
* [[Shoji Arano]]<br />
* [[Hisashi Igawa]] - Sayuri's father<br />
* [[Kyoko Kagawa]]<br />
* [[Tanie Kitabayashi]] - Oume<br />
* [[Manami Konishi]] - Sayuri<br />
* [[Yasuhiko Naito]]<br />
* [[Yoko Shioya]] - Tanabe<br />
* [[Takahiro Tamura]] - Shigenaga Koda<br />
* [[Hidetaka Yoshioka]] - Dr. Nakamura<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[2003 (26th) Japan Academy Prize]] - March 7, 2003<br />
** "'''Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role'''" ([[Tanie Kitabayashi]])<br />
** "'''Rookie of the Year'''" ([[Manami Konishi]])<br />
* [[Blue Ribbon Awards#2002 (45th) Blue Ribbon Awards|2002 (45th) Blue Ribbon Awards]] - February 18, 2003 <br />
** "'''Best Newcomer'''" ([[Manami Konishi]])<br />
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