Shunji IwaiCast
Miho Nakayama 
Etsushi Toyokawa Bunjaku Han 
Katsuyuki Shinohara Miki Sakai 
Takashi Kashiwabara
Plot
A woman, mourning her fiancé who died in a mountain accident, writes a letter to his old address and receives a reply from a woman who looks just like her.
Sinekatalog’s take
A gentle, romantic and popular film in East Asia.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (13,761 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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