Love Letter

About Love Letter

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter.

Love Letter (1995) is a romance film directed by Shunji Iwai. It runs 117 minutes and was released in March 1995.

Its themes are snow, letter, love letter, and childhood memory.

Miho Nakayama stars as Hiroko Watanabe, Etsushi Toyokawa as Shigeru Akiba, Miki Sakai as Young Female Itsuki Fujii, and Takashi Kashiwabara as Young Male Itsuki Fujii. The screenplay is by Shunji Iwai.

Amélie, Mary and Max, and A Christmas Story make useful companions to Love Letter, all filed under nostalgic and correspondence. TMDB voters put it at 7.8 out of 10 across 282 votes and it carries a PG rating.