When they worked side by side in the school library, the male Itsuki Takashi Kashiwabara played a hide-and-seek game involving library cards and hidden books that a younger generation of students working in the same library has discovered and elevated into a kind of school myth.
Nakayama plays both Hiroko and the grown-up Itsuki, who turn out to have a twinlike physical resemblance, although their personalities are very different. Itsuki, moreover, has also suffered a loss. Not long ago, her father died of pneumonia on the way to the hospital. And Itsuki, who when first glimpsed is suffering from a bad cold, has nightmares that she too will be suddenly stricken.
Akiba hopes that Hiroko, by meeting her correspondent, can shake off the ghosts of the past and begin loving him. Midnight Eye Review by Tun Shwe We all have memories; some that we would love to keep alive forever and some that we would sooner love to forget.
The act of writing what she thought was a simple last letter to Itsuki yields repercussions beyond the boundaries of her expectations. For some, closure involves a prayer or a memorial service. For Hiroko Watanabe Nakayama , it took the simple act of writing and posting a love letter to her deceased fiance, Itsuki Fujii, who passed away 2 years previously in a mountaineering accident.
After being informed by his mother that the house had been demolished to make way for a new freeway she attempts to bury her feelings for him by writing him a letter. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Love Letter. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature.
EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Publication date Topics film , cinema , movie , japanese cinema. Addeddate Identifier love. Connections Referenced in It's Entertainment User reviews 53 Review. Top review. Epic love story. The premise of this is cool and a little creepy: a woman, enstranged by her husband's untimely death, sends a letter to his old address.
She knows that the house was knocked down and built over by a highway years ago, but does it anyway, perhaps out of desperation. Unexpectedly, she gets a reply. From there, the story begins, and it takes a much different direction than how the plot sounds on paper. I can't really say too much without spoiling it, but this is a tragic movie, yet beautiful at the same time.
There are flashback sequences that make you really care about several characters in the movie, including the deceased man who is shown as a school boy in the flashbacks.
This is so well set out, and almost brought me to tears at times. Movies like this are what make me want to see more and more Asian cinema, because this was an absolute epic. Details Edit. Release date July 10, United States. When I Close My Eyes.
Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. Fuji Television Network. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 57 minutes. Related news.
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