The Japanese Wife
Brief Synopsis
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Snehamoy, a schoolteacher in a small village in India finds a pen pal in Miyage, a Japanese girl who runs a grocery store in Japan. The two develop a beautiful relationship and even marry through an exchange of letters. It has been 15 long years of marriage and the two have still not met due to pers
Cast & Crew
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Aparna Sen
Director
Rahul Bose
Raima Sen
Chigasu Takaku
Moushumi Chatterjee
Rudranil Ghosh
Film Details
Also Known As
Japanese Wife
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2011
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Snehamoy, a schoolteacher in a small village in India finds a pen pal in Miyage, a Japanese girl who runs a grocery store in Japan. The two develop a beautiful relationship and even marry through an exchange of letters. It has been 15 long years of marriage and the two have still not met due to personal constraints, but are able to keep their relationship alive through their letter exchange. When a widow and her son come to stay at Snehamoy's place, he begins to discover a bond of domesticity and fatherhood.
Director
Aparna Sen
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Japanese Wife
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2011
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2011
Released in United States 2011 (World Cinema Now)
