ayumi yoshida I considered anew thinking that people do not want to believe an important person's death through this movie. It was surprised that the letter returned which would not return. The feeling of Hiroko that she wants to truth but she cannot be believed has been sensed very much. I found very much strong feeling of her that she wants to believe it. However, if I was given a letter from those who do not know, I would might write back by curiosity. Because, my name is written on the letter. Accident had overlapped, I could not expect to deployment of this story, and it was interestingI thought that the feature of this movie had showing change of Hiroko's feeling. I think that it is difficult to denote people's feeling by a movie. So, I felt many for the scene which projects Hiroko's expression. I thought that people's expression and feelings which people die and are faced were a thing like this.

Atavisten A tragic, but touching tale unfolds through the remembrance of the two leads about the passed away fiancée of one of them. Miho Nakayama is wonderful in the double role. I must admit I got a little bit confused by who's who though. For those who haven't seen it, Fuji Itsuki is the one with a cold that lives in a house in Otaru, Hokkaido. I know the idea of romantic movies is to live in on the fantasy, but a little too much silly dialog takes that away for me. Then again, I never was much for this particular romantic style of movie, as Wong Kar-Wai's 'In the Mood for Love' is much more up my ally. I may read a bit harsh with regards to Shunji Iwai compared to the other reviews I've seen, frankly it's quite an enjoyable movie, but the thing is he's just no Proust.

uunokailas Okay, at first view I had to admit the dialogue and the the intercourse between the people seemed rather incongruous and false, somehow very strange in terms of social relations and interrelations, but, the second time, man it's it just might be Japanese mental setting that differs from the usual Hollywood stuff, still, the Idea, I mean, I'm a Poet and appreciate this kind of playing, that s what I thought, but man, its everything but, its, just so true, and think about it sending a letter to a dead sweetheart, its sentimental but also very true in the poetic sense of the word, and the dualism, the way the persons intertwine, all this is very unwestern and refreshing, since this movie was the directors breakthrough in the west.And well, in the summer of 2005 I didn't understand this movie, tried to analyze it as I watched, but then at the end when the music started I cried, all thru the credits, it was purifying, a very true experience a very true movie, very touching, very poetic, and VERY Japanese.The best movie I've seen.

Meganeguard Iwai Shunji's first film to receive high critical acclaim, _Love Letter_ is a gorgeous movie starring the lovely Nakayama Miho in two roles that of Watanabe Hiroko,a young woman who loss her fiancé in a mountaineering accident and Fujii Itsuki a librarian fighting a truly nasty cold.After going to memorial service to honor her dead fiancé, Hiroko travels with her would have been mother-in-law to her house. There she looks in her deceased fiancé's junior high school year book and discovers that he was from Otaru, a town in Hokkaido, and she copies down his address that was listed in the reference in the back of the book.For sentimental reasons sends a letter to her dead fiancé's, Fujii Itsuki's, old home. What's this? Didn't I write earlier that Fujii Itsuki was a woman? Well, she is. There were two students named "Fujii Itsuki" at the junior high school. After a dumbfounded Itsuki receives the letter, she responds to it. Hiroko, obviously not expecting to receive a letter, is happy to receive one, and, in the cloud of her fiancé's memory, believes that it might actually be from him.Her new romantic interest Akiba, Toyokawa Etsushi, although he too mourns the loss of his friend, he was on the same moutaineering trip, he wants Hiroko to release the memory of her dead fiancé and accept him as her only romantic interest.After Akiba and Hiroko learn that this Itsuki is a female, they travel to Otaru and search for her. Although Hiroko and Itsuki do encounter each other, they do not converse, but soon after Hiroko returns home, she and Itsuki begin a long term exchange of letters in which Itsuki dictates all of her memories of the male Fujii Itsuki.This a very moving film that shows off the beauty of northern Japan quite well. The snow covered landscapes are absolutely breathtaking. This movie is quite melancholy, not only because of the grief Hiroko experiences because she loss her fiancé, but also because of some of the revelations she makes after corresponding with the female Itsuki for so long. Itsuki's story is quite sad also because she learns things of the past that were not clear to her at the time she was a junior high school student.However, that does not mean that this film is without humor. Nakayama Miho does a wonderful job acting the part of the bubbly Itsuki whose attitude towards people and surroundings is a breath of fresh air in comparison to Watanabe Hiroko. A great film.