The Three Undelivered Letters
The Three Undelivered Letters

Movie·1979·2h 10m

The Three Undelivered Letters

Are the letters a notice of approaching death?

Directed By

Yoshitarō Nomura

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 配達されない三通の手紙

A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household, and gets entangled in a sinister plot of murder.

Written By

Kaneto Shindō

Cinematography

Takashi Kawamata

Music

Yasushi Akutagawa

Themes

based on novel or book

Production House

Shochiku

Audience Score

66%

7 votes

Skip11%
Timepass27%
Go for it38%
Perfection24%

Where to watch

Region: JP

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Cast

Komaki Kurihara

Komaki Kurihara

Noriko

Takao Kataoka

Takao Kataoka

Toshiyuki

Ai Kanzaki

Ai Kanzaki

Keiko

Ryo Hikime

Ryo Hikime

Bob

Keiko Matsuzaka

Keiko Matsuzaka

Tomoko

Mayumi Ogawa

Mayumi Ogawa

Reiko

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Mihoko

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Minegishi

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Sumie

Shin Saburi

Shin Saburi

Mitsumasa

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Masakane Yonekura

Masakane Yonekura

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Yūsuke Takita

Yūsuke Takita

Keizo Kanie

Keizo Kanie

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Miyoko Nakamura

Toru Takeuchi

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Crew

Yoshitarō Nomura

Yoshitarō Nomura

Director

Takashi Kawamata

Takashi Kawamata

Director of Photography

Yasushi Akutagawa

Yasushi Akutagawa

Original Music Composer

Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindō

Screenplay

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