The Letters
2006 · 121 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 438 VOTES · DIR. Jirō Shōno
Overview
How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his brother. But the crime's aftereffect extends to Naoki, and, branded as a "murderer's brother," Naoki is deprived of his love, career and dream. His desperate situation gradually changes when he finds true love with Yumiko, who always stands by him. To protect the love that he has finally found, Naoki begins writing a letter to Takeshi... The touching story of a man who was powerless against his irreversible fate, but still tried to overcome it in the quest for his dream.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,364 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:25 Dear Brother, how are you?
00:05:44 Please, let me testify again!
00:10:08 Take these.
00:13:52 You said you worked outside a lot.
00:18:15 Merry Christmas!
00:23:13 Come on.
00:28:47 One more thing.
00:33:47 Fix me a cocktail.
00:37:44 Say what?
00:42:30 Forgive me.
00:46:36 It must've been difficult.
00:50:36 "What a stigma to live with."
00:55:07 Remember to turn off your fan at night.
00:59:22 Takafumi?
01:05:20 But this man who took a weak, innocent life over a mere pittance...
01:11:07 A major consumer appliance superstore...
01:15:36 But the discrimination is understandable.
01:21:52 you started drinking a lot, remember?
01:27:05 But yes...
01:33:20 Chief!
01:37:31 I'm not.
01:43:25 Every month for 6 years.
01:50:13 Is the sand dry?
01:53:31 How stupid?