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The Three Undelivered Letters

The Three Undelivered Letters

Are the letters a notice of approaching death?

19796.02h 10m

Overview

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.

Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
Written by Frederic Dannay, Manfred Lee, Kaneto Shindō
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Top Cast

Komaki Kurihara

Komaki Kurihara

Noriko

Takao Kataoka

Takao Kataoka

Toshiyuki

Ai Kanzaki

Ai Kanzaki

Keiko

Ryo Hikime

Ryo Hikime

Bob

Keiko Matsuzaka

Keiko Matsuzaka

Tomoko

Mayumi Ogawa

Mayumi Ogawa

Reiko

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Mihoko

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Minegishi

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Sumie

Shin Saburi

Shin Saburi

Mitsumasa

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About The Three Undelivered Letters

The Three Undelivered Letters is a drama, mystery film released in 1979 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, it stars Komaki Kurihara, Takao Kataoka, Ai Kanzaki. 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.

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