Letter from the Mountain (2002)
"Amida-do dayori" (original title)

An urban Japanese couple decide to move to the country.

Director:

Takashi Koizumi

Writers:

Takashi Koizumi, Keishi Nagi (novel)

Stars:

Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Shoji Arano

6 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Akira Terao	...	Takao Ueda
Kanako Higuchi	...	Michiko Ueda
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shoji Arano
Hisashi Igawa	...	Sayuri's father
Kyôko Kagawa
Tanie Kitabayashi	...	Oume
Manami Konishi	...	Sayuri
Yasuhiko Naito
Yoko Shioya	...	Tanabe
Takahiro Tamura	...	Shigenaga Koda
Hidetaka Yoshioka	...	Dr. Nakamura

Storyline

An urban Japanese couple decide to move to the country.

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Plot Keywords:

terminal illness | ritual | farmer | fishing | rural setting | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Asmik Ace Entertainment. Inc. [jp] (japanese)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

5 October 2002 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Letter from the Mountain

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$128,121 (Japan) (4 October 2002)

Gross:

$929,976 (Japan) (25 October 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Asmik Ace Entertainment, Hakuhodo, Imagica Corp.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Oume: Amitabha! May your name be praised! Heal Sayuri, please! May your name be praised! ... I'm worried sick about her, you know. But when I sit here and look out over the valley after while, it brings me peace.

User Reviews

life is beautiful

A couple moves to husband's home village, where he was born as a son of a farmer. Husband is a novelist who won an award ten years ago, but since then nothing has been printed. Wife was a doctor of a leading edge hospital in Tokyo, but had been so busy that she had a panic disorder. In the village she works as an only doctor in the village. This movie describes how the couple are "healed" in this village community, particularly "Oume-san", a 96 years old woman living in a tiny temple of Amitabha Buddha, and Sayuri, a young woman who lost voice but writes for Oume-san. Actual lead is Oume-san. She is lively, frank, hardworking, and simple. This is a story of Oume-san, and the life in beautiful four seasons in Japanese village. The plot is fairly simple, except death of the teacher Kouda and healing of Sayuri. The movie seems to tell a single message through these contrasted episodes.