Letters from Nirai Kanai
2005•1h 53m•6.8•Released
Drama
Fuki who lives with her grandfather Shoei in Taketomi Island, Okinawa, dreams of becoming a photographer. In her childhood, her mother Masami left Fuki to live in Tokyo. Although Masami has not come back, Fuki receives birthday cards from Masami every year on her birthday. On Fuki's fourteenth birthday, Masami promises to confess everything when Fuki becomes 20 years old. After her graduation from high school, Fuki moves to Tokyo to work as a camera assistant. Fuki starts off her hectic life in Tokyo, and soon, her nineteenth birthday comes. As usual, she receives a birthday card from Masami. A year later...
Director
Naoto Kumazawa
Writer
Naoto Kumazawa
Languages
Japanese
Studio
IMJ Entertainment
Cast
Yu Aoi
Fuki Asato
Yuta Kanai
Nadashi Uchimori
Kaho Minami
Masami Asato
Susumu Taira
Shoei Asato
Hitomi Kawai
Reyna
Manami Higa
Misaki Taira
Ayumu Saito
Sakiyama
Gin Maeda
Tanaka
Production
Company
IMJ Entertainment
Producer
Yoshinori Wakisaka
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