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The Japanese Wife

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Snehamoy leads a lonely life in rural India with his aunt, Mashi. Miyage also is basically alone, stuck with an ill mother in Japan. When the pair start a pen pal relationship, they instantly become close friends, despite the distance. Snehamoy has a chance to marry local girl Sandhya, but refuses, instead wishing to wed Miyage. But money problems and the space separating the would-be lovers could make romance an impossibility.

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 04/16/2019
3/10
In it's most effective parts, the beautifully-lensed The Japanese Wife is like a haiku, saying a lot without underlining too much, a rare thing in our movies. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Rajat D Jun 19 Awesome in every aspect of movie making. Beautifully scripted, ably performed and superbly directed. The conversion of the Haiku tradition of poetic communication into Celluloid and running it in parallel with Bengali sensibility I would say is the Hallmark of this beautiful film. See more Moody C @MoodyC May 27 This is a light, breezy modern day rom com that because of its setting, feels like a charming period rom com. It’s short at just a bit over 90 minutes so not a bad way to spend a breezy afternoon or evening at the cinema but ending is so abrupt and predictable that it felt like they suddenly realized they ran out of budget and so production came to a screeching halt. See more Faiz D 08/29/2024 I absolutely love this film. One of my all-time favorites. See more 02/24/2019 This is a very endearing movie, it made me really happy from the inside, it tugs at your heart strings, in a way that is not explananble. The actors, the story line, the simplicity--it deserves 10 stars if i can give it. Truly a great watch---Wish we had more such movies. It summarizes one thing for sure--LOVE is a universal language. See more 12/11/2012 Story of a 17-year long platonic relationship! Beautifully portrayed... See more 10/19/2012 It's my fav. romantic genre movie of all time See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Aparna Sen

Director

Rahul Bose

Snehamoy

Moushumi Chatterjee

Mashi

Raima Sen

Sandhya

Rudranil Ghosh

Fatik

Chigusa Takaku

Miyage
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Synopsis Snehamoy leads a lonely life in rural India with his aunt, Mashi. Miyage also is basically alone, stuck with an ill mother in Japan. When the pair start a pen pal relationship, they instantly become close friends, despite the distance. Snehamoy has a chance to marry local girl Sandhya, but refuses, instead wishing to wed Miyage. But money problems and the space separating the would-be lovers could make romance an impossibility.
Director
Aparna Sen
Screenwriter
Kunal Basu, Aparna Sen
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 2, 2016
Runtime
1h 41m
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