Love Letter (1985) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1985 · 108 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Tatsumi Kumashiro

Starring

Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Mitsuko Baisho, Isao Hashizume, Noboru Nakaya, Kaoru Kobayashi, Tokie Hidari

The film follows a man who abandons his wife and child to return to a former lover who is battling advanced leukemia. As the husband wrestles with his choices, the wife and the ailing former lover forge an unlikely friendship, confronting grief, loyalty, and the strain of illness.