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Country :
JapanLanguage :
JapaneseDirector :
Takashi KoizumiWriter :
Takashi KoizumiDOP :
Shôji UedaProduction Company :
Asmik Ace EntertainmentLetter from the Mountain
阿弥陀堂だより
- Japan
- 2002
- 128 minutes
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Country :
JapanLanguage :
JapaneseDirector :
Takashi KoizumiWriter :
Takashi KoizumiDOP :
Shôji UedaProduction Company :
Asmik Ace Entertainment
As the film begins, Takao (Akira Terao) and Michiko (Kanako Higuchi) have already pulled up their Tokyo roots and moved to a village that is Takao's ancestral home. They visit a thatched cottage that serves as a memorial shrine (amidado) for the village dead and chat with the attendant, the spry 96-year-old Oume (Tanie Kitabayashi). Together they admire the view -- from an inspiring distance. Oume, it turns out, is a kind of sage, whose thoughts and observations are a popular feature in a column in a local newsletter. Her amanuensis is a mute, sweetly smiling young woman named Sayuri (Manami Konishi), who is as devoted to Oume as Oume is to the souls of her beloved dead.
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