The Letters (2006)

6.5/10 121 min Drama

Overview

How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his brother. But the crime's aftereffect extends to Naoki, and, branded as a "murderer's brother," Naoki is deprived of his love, career and dream. His desperate situation gradually changes when he finds true love with Yumiko, who always stands by him. To protect the love that he has finally found, Naoki begins writing a letter to Takeshi... The touching story of a man who was powerless against his irreversible fate, but still tried to overcome it in the quest for his dream.

Cast

Takayuki Yamada

Naotaka Takeshima

Erika Sawajiri

Yumiko Shirai

Tetsuji Tamayama

Takashi Takeshima

Kazue Fukiishi

Asami Nakajo

Hiroyuki Onoue

Yusuke Terao

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Tadao Ogata

Yoji Tanaka

Kurata

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