The Japanese Wife
2010 · Movie · Not Rated · 105 min · ★ 6.6 · 76% critics
A quiet teacher in rural Bengal builds a marriage through years of letters with a woman in Japan, even though they never meet. When a young widow and her son enter his daily life, his long-distance devotion is tested by the pull of family, closeness, and ordinary human connection.
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-04-09
- Language
- BN
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (23 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy quiet, unconventional romances about longing and devotion, especially if Rainbow Song or A Story of Yonosuke worked for you; Not for you if you need fast pacing or a highly believable setup.
Pros: unique premise; tender emotional core; cross-cultural charm | Cons: implausible story; slow, letter-heavy pacing; uneven character writing
Themes
- woman director
Cast & crew
Rahul Bose
as Snehamoy Chatterjee
Chigusa Takaku
as Miyage
Raima Sen
as Sandhya
Moushumi Chatterjee
as Maashi
Paran Banerjee
as Ayurvedic Doctor
Kharaj Mukherjee
as Kite Shop Owner
Rudranil Ghosh
as Fatik
Debranjan Nag
as Fatik's friend
- JG
Jagannath Guha
as Oncologist
- SC
Sagnik Chowdhury
as Paltu
Directed by Aparna Sen