Love Letter

Love Letter

  • Director: Shunji Iwai
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: July 10, 1998
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: When I Close My Eyes
  • " Rabeta " is a Japanese pure love movie written and directed by Shunji Iwai , starring Miho Nakayama , Toyoetsu , Kassy, etc. It premiered on March 25, 1995, and was introduced to mainland China in 1999 and released on May 20  , 2021. Japan will be re-screened in Mainland China.   .
    The film is adapted from the novel of the same name " Rabeta ", which tells the story of a lamenta that was originally sent to heaven out of grief, but unexpectedly received a reply of the same name and surname, and gradually unearthed a pure and innocent list that has been buried for many years but has been quiet. Love story. 

    Details

    • Release date July 10, 1998
    • Filming locations Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
    • Production companies Fuji Television Network

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $7,854,754

    Movie reviews

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    • By Bryana 2022-12-28 11:09:55

      A "Love Letter": Self-recognition under the guidance of "Mirror Theory"

      In 1995, a slightly romantic and sentimental Japanese film "Love Letter" set off a craze in Asia. In the black and white images and sad piano accompaniment, behind the charming appearance of the youth idol drama, it actually has some kind of painful growing recognition mark. A pair of teenage girls who resemble two drops of water live in different places, unaware of each other's existence until their lives are joined by a dead man.

      "Love Letter", this concept is full of deep meaning,...

    • By Frances 2022-12-27 01:51:39

      Farewell and reconciliation, Watanabe Hiroko's letter to Fujiiki

      Fujii-kun, how are you? I'm very good.

      There is a lot of snow, and the ground is thick and thick. How are you over there? Are you cold, please tell me!

      I held my breath and closed my eyes, the white snowflakes fluttered, I lay quietly on the white snow, is this just leaving, so that I can go to the same place as you,...

    • By Demarcus 2022-12-26 22:00:10

      Only regard "Love Letter" as a love movie? Then narrow the road

      From the personal public account "E Notebook", welcome to pay attention to the discussion!

      At the age of 16, on a weekend when I was not studying, I accidentally opened a movie called "Love Letter" for the first time, so I was deeply moved by the pure and introverted love, and since then I kept a pure and flawless snow field in my heart;...

    • By Coby 2022-12-12 17:27:41

      Are you OK? I'm very good……

      Part 1

      Will the crushed person meet again? Will TA still hear those unspoken confessions?

      Maybe, you will find the answer in Shunji Iwai's movie "Love Letter".

      At the beginning of summer, I saw the movie "Love Letter" re-released. So, on a hot and humid night, I walked into the crowd, walked...

    • By Sammy 2022-12-07 14:27:43

      beautiful youth secrets

      This is one of my favorite movies. It feels really beautiful. Even after so many years, I still clearly remember every episode and those warm lines.

          The beauty of secret love may be that it always carries a touch of regret, a kind of trance that travels through time. If many years later, you suddenly find that there was a boy who silently accompanied you, liked you, and paid attention to you secretly, it will always be something to be touched and feel warm. Your memory will also...

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    • By Lee 2023-09-10 10:11:12

      I have been secretly in love with a girl in my class for three years in junior high school. Being shy and introverted, I never dared to take the initiative to talk to me. One time when I was adjusting my seat, I summoned up the courage to secretly call the head teacher with my dad’s mobile phone, and wanted to “improve the situation”. In the name of academic performance," she sat at the same table with her, but no one answered. After graduating, I never saw her again. That phone call that I...

    • By Jordan 2023-09-08 07:00:53

      Shunji Iwai can make such transparent and pure films, and he can also make cruel and dark films. I admire...

    • By Gregorio 2023-09-04 23:27:16

      Rewatch. In the era when personal computers and other digital products entered the family, the two women awakened a memory closely related to death by exchanging letters, which is undoubtedly a nostalgic means unique to that era. Fujii (male), who is reading, hides and reappears under the white curtains that blow in the wind (there is also a scene of curtains without a human figure), hidden under the surface of "Pure Love Movie", isn't it about the ghost? Recording? Letters and names, these...

    • By Jasen 2023-09-01 12:28:22

      I don't think Fujii is sorry for Hiroko, people's feelings are very complex and diverse, and what they have between them is also sincere. I sincerely hope that there will be less unnecessary judgments on good movies. Compared with Fujii's secret love for trees, Hiroko's nostalgia for Fujii, and Akiba's responsibility to Hiroko, what touched me more was the line of grandpa, old house, mother, and the tree in the yard....

    • By Jeffery 2023-08-27 11:08:29

      Miss Watanabe's letter to the deceased was echoed out of love, which in itself is a beautiful symbol of love's ability to transcend death. Similarly, Ms. Fujii found the dusty proof of her first love at the end, and she suddenly realized that she was overwhelmed with excitement. It can be seen that love once again surpassed life and death, and it is such a warm and happy thing to be liked. What is even more emotional is that both women showed selfless love: Miss Fujii shared her memories with a...

    Movie plot

    Japanese engineering uべa snowy winter day, Hiroko Watanabe ( Miho Nakayama ornaments) on the third anniversary of the memorial in the former fiance Fujii tree again to grief not their own. Because he could not restrain his missing lover, Watanabe Hiroko found in his school classmates that "Fujii Tree" was at the address when he was studying in Otaru City, and he sent a letter that he thought was sent to heaven.ラブレター.
    Soon Hiroko...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The scene that was originally in こうべ was actually shot inおたるotaru . At that time, there was only a small amount of snow in こうべ, but there was a lot of heavy snow in おたるotaru further north.
    Most of the films were shot on the island of Hokkaido, Japan in the おたるotaru area . The only exception is at the end of the film. Watanabe Hiroko faces the mountain where her fiancé Fujii Ki died due to a mountain disaster two years ago. The...
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    Evaluation action

    "Rabeta" has caused a sensation in Japan with its fresh and touching stories and bright and beautiful images, and its influence has spread throughout Southeast Asia and even Europe and the United States. It is regarded by many film critics as one of the most important works in Japan's new film movement   . (Netease Entertainment Review)
    "Labateta" is a classic of Japanese pure love. (Timeline Review) 
    Although it is about the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Male itsuki fujii: [Checking out books from the female Itsuki in the school libray. The male Itsuki holds up five checkout cards that he has been the first to sign like a poker hand. He speaks in English] Fujii Itsuki straight flush.