Summaries

Down-on-his-luck photographer Makoto (Ryuhei Matsuda) receives a letter from his old girlfriend, who, according to a friend, died a year ago in NYC. Eager to find out the truth, he sets out on a journey of self-discovery and reminisces about the time he spent with the lovely Shizuru (Ryoko Hirosue).—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • japanese
  • new york city
  • photographer
  • letter
  • ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date May 15, 2003
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Japan
Official sites official site
Language English Japanese
Filming locations New York City, New York, USA
Production companies Shochiku Office Crescendo Eisei Gekijo

Box office

Gross worldwide $1383874

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 51m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

Makoto encounters the love of his life in the girl called Shizuru.However their relationship is of brief duration as Makoto discovers that Shizuru's photographic know how, outmatches his own and won some international award.They end up separating with her extracting a promise from dream of becoming a professional photographer...Three years later, the promise still hasn't been fulfilled.All the memories were flash back as Makoto received a letter from New York,sent by Shizuru.

Knowing rumors from his old colleague that Shizuru has been dead for a year, Makoto decided to go and visit her beloved...

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