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The Three Undelivered Letters (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 130 mins · Japanese
- Directed by
- Yoshitarō Nomura
- Starring
- Tanie Kitabayashi, Yoshio Inaba, Mayumi Ogawa, Shin Saburi, Eitarô Ozawa, Keiko Matsuzaka
When a young Japanese‑American travels to his grandmother’s hometown in Yamaguchi, he stays in the family’s elite yet dysfunctional household. Cryptic letters arrive, hinting at an imminent death, and he soon becomes entangled in a sinister murder plot that threatens everyone around him.
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