Drama ·Mystery · Japan · 1979 · 2h 10m

The Three Undelivered Letters

配達されない三通の手紙

The Three Undelivered Letters poster
Director
Yoshitarō Nomura
Cast
Komaki Kurihara as Noriko Takao Kataoka as Toshiyuki Ai Kanzaki as Keiko Ryo Hikime as Bob Keiko Matsuzaka as Tomoko Mayumi Ogawa as Reiko
Crew
Takashi Kawamata — Director of Photography Yasushi Akutagawa — Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō — Screenplay Frederic Dannay — Novel Manfred Lee — Novel
Tagline

Are the letters a notice of approaching death?

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or book
Key Collaborators
Yoshitarō Nomura Director Takashi Kawamata Director of Photography Yasushi Akutagawa Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō Screenplay Frederic Dannay Novel Manfred Lee Novel
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