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Letter from the Mountain (2002)

阿弥陀堂だより

128 min

Country: Japan

Director: Takashi Koizumi

Actors: Akira TeraoHidetaka YoshiokaHisashi Igawa…Kanako HiguchiManami KonishiTakahiro TamuraTanie KitabayashiYoko Shioya

Genres: Drama

Subtitle: English

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Movie plot

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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