---
title: 'Love Letter (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shunji Iwai'
released: '1995-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/love-letter-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113703/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Love Letter (1995)

1995 · 116 min · Drama, Romance · Japan


## Synopsis

Love Letter  is a 1995 Japanese romantic film written, directed and edited by Shunji Iwai in his debut feature film and starring Miho Nakayama. The majority of the film was shot on the island of Hokkaidō, primarily in Otaru. It achieved great success at the box office in Japan and gained popularity in other East Asian countries, particularly South Korea. Remarkably, it was one of the first Japanese films to be shown in South Korean cinemas since World War II, garnering 645,615 admissions and ranking as the tenth highest-grossing general release of the year.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shunji Iwai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunji-iwai)
- **Screenplay:** [Shunji Iwai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunji-iwai)
- **Editor:** [Shunji Iwai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunji-iwai)
- **Original Music Composer:** [The Pillows](https://cinepixo.com/people/the-pillows)
- **Producer:** [Masahiko Nagasawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/masahiko-nagasawa)
- **Director of Photography:** [Noboru Shinoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/noboru-shinoda)

## Cast

- [Ranran Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/ranran-suzuki)
- [Etsushi Toyokawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/etsushi-toyokawa) as 秋葉茂
- [Takashi Kashiwabara](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-kashiwabara) as 藤井樹
- [Miki Sakai](https://cinepixo.com/people/miki-sakai)
- [Bunjaku Han](https://cinepixo.com/people/bunjaku-han)
- [Miho Nakayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/miho-nakayama) as 渡辺博子

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