Last Letter
Yuhri (Takako Matsu) has just lost her older sister, Misaki. At Misaki’s funeral, Yuhri learns from Ayumi (Suzu Hirose), Misaki’s daughter who bears a strong resemblance to her mother, about Misaki’s upcoming high school reunion and a letter Misaki wrote to Ayumi. To inform Misaki’s classmates about her death, Yuhri attends the reunion, but everybody mistakes her for her sister, who was the most popular girl in the school. Also at the reunion, Yuhri runs into her first love, Kyoshiro (Masaharu Fukuyama). Although Yuhri misses the opportunity to tell him that she’s not Misaki, they start writing letters to each other. Yuhri continues the correspondence pretending to be Misaki. When one of the letters from Kyoshiro is delivered to Ayumi, she starts tracing Misaki (Suzu Hirose in flashbacks), Yuhri (Nana Mori in flashbacks), and Kyoshiro’s (Ryunosuke Kamiki in flashbacks) bittersweet memories of first love during their high school years. When the letters bring Ayumi and Kyoshiro together, the truth about Misaki’s death is revealed, the past and the present converge, and blocked memories of first love resurface...
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Shunji IwaiDirector/WriterLove Letter, Swallowtail Butterfly, Vampire
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Genki KawamuraProducerWeathering with You, Your Name., Rage
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Takako MatsuKey Cast"Yuhri Kishibeno"Confessions
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Suzu HiroseKey Cast"Ayumi Tohno / Misaki Tohno"Rage
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Ryunosuke KamikiKey Cast"Teen - Kyosiro Otosaka"Your Name.
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Masaharu FukuyamaKey Cast"Adult - Kyosiro Otosaka"Like Father, Like Son
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Project Title (Original Language):ラストレター
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Project Type:Feature
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Genres:Romance, Drama
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Runtime:2 hours
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Country of Origin:Japan
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Country of Filming:Japan
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Language:Japanese
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Distribution Information
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TOHO CO., LTD.Country: JapanRights: All Rights
Born in 1963, Shunji Iwai’s directing career began in 1988 with commercials, music videos and TV dramas, soon earning him acclaim for his cinematic style and vision, which came to be known as the “Iwai Aesthetic.” In 1995, he scored a huge hit across Asia with Love Letter and in 1996, PiCNiC won him a second consecutive award in the Forum section of the Berlin Film Festival, bringing him to even greater international attention. Swallowtail Butterfly (96) blazed a new trail in movie and music collaboration, and All About Lily Chou-Chou (01) won awards at Berlin and Shanghai. Other major works include Hana and Alice (04), a segment in the omnibus film New York, I Love You (09) and his first English-language film, Vampire (12), which played in competition at Sundance and in the Berlin Panorama section. Iwai’s first feature-length animated film, The Case of Hana & Alice, was invited to the 2015 Annecy Animation Festival. His latest film, A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (16), was released in Hong Kong and Taiwan prior to domestic release in Japan.