The Three Undelivered Letters (配達されない三通の手紙) 45 years old
Are the letters a notice of approaching death?
Noriko had been engaged to marry Toshiyuki Fujimura, who worked at her father’s bank. One day however, Fujimura mysteriously disappears. From that day, Noriko keeps herself locked up in her room. After three years of Noriko shutting herself up like a doll without a soul, Fujimura suddenly returns. Noriko’s family’s first reaction was strong rejection, but Noriko asks no questions and embraces him warmly. One day, as Noriko is cleaning her husband’s room, three envelopes accidentally fall from the pages of one of the books she had picked up. The first letter is dated August 11th, saying that his wife had suddenly taken ill. The second, dated August 20th, says that his wife is now critically sick, and the third letter, dated September 1st, is an announcement of his wife’s death. The wife is obviously Noriko, but she is alive and well. Do the letters then mean a preliminary notice of Noriko’s death?
Credits
The Three Undelivered Letters Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Komaki Kurihara She was 34, now 79 years old | as Noriko Karasawa |
| Keiko Takeshita She was 26, now 71 years old | as Mihoko Okawa |
| Nobuko Otowa She was 55, 70 years old when she died | as Sumie |
| Keiko Matsuzaka She was 27, now 72 years old | as Tomoko |
| Mayumi Ogawa She was 39, now 85 years old | as Reiko Karasawa |
| Tsunehiko Watase He was 35, 72 years old when he died | as Minegishi |
| Ai Kanzaki She was 27, now 72 years old | as Keiko Karasawa |
| Shin Saburi He was 70, 73 years old when he died | as Mitsumasa Karasawa |
The Three Undelivered Letters Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Manfred Lee as Novel. | Writing |
| Kaneto Shindō as Writer. He was 67 (100) years old when He died | Writing |
| Frederic Dannay as Novel. He was 73 (76) years old when He died | Writing |
| Takashi Kawamata as Cinematography. He was 53 (93) years old when He died | Crew |
| Yoshitarō Nomura as Director. He was 60 (85) years old when He died | Directing |
| Yasushi Akutagawa as Music. He was 54 (64) years old when He died | Sound |
The Three Undelivered Letters (45 years)
Are the letters a notice of approaching death?
- Release day: Saturday, October 06, 1979
- Runtime: 130 minutes