The Letters (手紙) 18 years old

The Letters

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.

Credits

The Letters Cast

Name Character
Takayuki Yamada He was 23, now 41 years old as Naotaka Takeshima
Tetsuji Tamayama He was 26, now 44 years old as Takashi Takeshima
Hiroyuki Onoue He was 21, now 39 years old as Yusuke Terao
Erika Sawajiri She was 20, now 38 years old as Yumiko Shirai
Mitsuru Fukikoshi He was 41, now 59 years old as Tadao Ogata
Kazue Fukiishi She was 24, now 42 years old as Asami Nakajo

The Letters Crew

Name Department
Keigo Higashino as Novel. He was 48 (now 66) years old Writing
The Letters poster
The Letters (18 years)

  • Release day: Friday, November 03, 2006
  • Runtime: 121 minutes