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Movie: Last Letter
Romaji: Last Letter
Japanese: ラストレター
Director: Shunji Iwai
Writer: Shunji Iwai
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: January 17, 2020
Runtime: 120 min.
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Yuri Kishibeno (Takako Matsu) is a housewife. She lives with her husband (Hideaki Anno) and their two children. Yuri Kishibeno then attends her sister Misaki Tono's funeral. There, she meets her niece Ayumi (Suzu Hirose) for the first time in many years. Ayumi is still unable to accept her mother's death and, because of this, she can't open a letter left behind by her mother. Yuri Kishibeno attends her sister's reunion to inform them about her sister's death. A misunderstanding occurs at the reunion and Yuri Kishibeno is mistaken for her late sister Misaki Tono. Yuri Kishibeno meets her first love Kyoshiro Otosaka (Masaharu Fukuyama) who mistakenly believes she is Misaki Tono. Kyoshiro Otosaka is now a novelist. They exchange contact information. One day, Yuri receives a message from Kyoshiro that says "can you believe that I am still in love with you?"

Notes

Filming begins July 24, 2018 and finishes August, 2018. Filming will take place in director Shunji Iwai's hometown of Sendai, other areas of Miyagi Prefecture and also Tokyo.
Takako Matsu previously worked with director Shunji Iwai in 1998 movie “April Story.”
Movie's theme song is "Kaeru no Uta" by Nana Mori.

Cast



Takako Matsu	Suzu Hirose	Hideaki Anno	Nana Mori	Etsushi Toyokawa
Yuri Kishibeno	Ayumi Tono / Misaki Tono (high school student)	Sojiro Kishibeno	Soyoka Kishibeno / Yuri Tono (high school student)	Ato



Miho Nakayama	Ryunosuke Kamiki	Masaharu Fukuyama	Hitoshi Komuro	Keiko Mizukoshi
Skae	Kyoshiro Otosaka (high school student)	Kyoshiro Otosaka	Shozo Hatoba	Akiko Kishibeno



Keiichi Suzuki	Midori Kiuchi
Kokichi Tono	Junko Tono

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Max May 29 2023 4:20 am Great movie. So, the future writer Otosaka had a crush on Misaki Tono, but Misa's younger sister had a crush on him. Interesting that both, Misaki's daughter and Yuri's daughter became very look alike their mother. I have to watch it again.

I.R. Apr 09 2021 2:33 am (NO SPOILERS) Finally watched this film. For those who are looking for a rehash of Shunji Iwai's beautiful 1995 masterpiece "Love Letter" you might enjoy it. The film itself looks gorgeous as expected from Shunji Iwai and the score is good and the storytelling/acting is quite impressive.

The pacing of the film gets a bit strange and the overall mood is incredibly somber after the first half. While "Love Letter" managed to make us laugh and smile and cry right up to the very end, "Last Letter" takes a nosedive into full-on despair and some of the character arc's aren't really that drawn out either which is a bit troubling.

While most loose ends are tied up a couple of the scenes feel out of place (particularly the one at the bar). Furthermore, I feel like there's a lot more that we wanted to know which we never found out despite the long runtime. Regardless, the film is quite touching and pretty, as one would expect.

I'd give this film a 7.5/10 on first view.

Minjooshi Oct 14 2020 10:38 am I've watch the movie.. it was a very good movie, but not as exciting as the first one.. (i really love Love letter) Just my excitement died down when Kyoshiro told Yuri that he already knew she wasnt Misaki too early.. :( It was exciting and thrilling when they started to exchanged letters, then Ayumi and Soyoka.. xD it was fun..

overall, it was a very heartwarming and beautiful movie, i love every scenes ( except the scenes of Misaki's jerk husband) ..seriously, if i were Kyoshiro, i would have punch him to death!! He just quietly listened to that jerk's nonsense! I was a bit disappointed xD

The most beautiful scene for me was when the two girls Ayumi and Soyoka, was walking at the old school (with the dog). ^_^ the two girls looked like Angels.. (bet Kyoshiro too? Lol)

coooookie Aug 24 2020 9:01 pm @Hani Oh - it's not exactly related to the Chinese movie but both of them are based on the novel 'Last Letter' written by the director Shunji Iwai himself. Hope this helps :)

Hani Oh May 12 2020 9:16 pm Is this movie related to the chinese movie with the same title and has same story??

Apple Nov 28 2019 5:26 am That storyline just drew me in!!!

maru Sep 19 2019 6:13 pm So excited!1!1!1!1!

Wayer Aug 29 2019 8:25 am Oh.my.goddddd. is this for real???? Awww shunji iwai please make me cry buckets again!

Cj Mar 07 2019 12:06 am Yayyy Kamiki and Suzu in a project together again!!!

K Oct 15 2018 12:05 pm I have faith in Shunji Iwai's films. Can't wait for this one!

Risan Aug 13 2018 6:34 pm I wonder what the relationship between Kamiki and Suzu going to be??? XD

Jojo Aug 07 2018 12:31 am omg kamiki and suzu reunited again after Gakkou no kaidan ?

Yasushi Aug 04 2018 12:02 pm Takako-san, Shunji Iwai, Masaharu-san. What more can I ask for? :) So waiting for this movie!!

nandar Aug 03 2018 12:43 am Masha❤️

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