Letter

2003•1h 12m•

★9.0(1 ratings)

Drama

Overview

A teenager leaves his classmates and heads home for the evening. Feeling frustrated and lonely, he sends a neutral text-message to a friend. From this point, this one-man DV experimental film presents a real-time exchange of incoming and outgoing messages, depicting a digital-era study of text-message relationships. Letter is the directorial debut of Japanese artist, filmmaker, and scholar Sasaki Yusuke when he was only 17. The film screened at the 2004 International Film Festival Rotterdam and won the Grand Prix at Image Forum Festival Tokyo in 2003. Sasaki holds a doctoral degree from the Tokyo University of the Arts and is currently a lecturer at Tottori University.

Director

Sasaki Yusuke

Writers

Sasaki Yusuke

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Full Crew

Direction

Director: Sasaki Yusuke

Writing

Writer: Sasaki Yusuke

Keywords

smsphoneexperimental film

Did You Know?

The original title is "手紙" (JA).

The runtime is 72 minutes (1h 12m).

The film was directed by Sasaki Yusuke.

The screenplay was written by Sasaki Yusuke.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0383006.

Letter

2003•1h 12m•

★9.0(1 ratings)

Drama

Overview

Director

Sasaki Yusuke

Writers

Sasaki Yusuke

Watchlist

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Sasaki Yusuke

Writing

Writer: Sasaki Yusuke

Keywords

smsphoneexperimental film

Did You Know?

The original title is "手紙" (JA).

The runtime is 72 minutes (1h 12m).

The film was directed by Sasaki Yusuke.

The screenplay was written by Sasaki Yusuke.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0383006.

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Rating

9.0/10

Masterpiece

1 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

手紙

Status:

Released

Language:

日本語

Country of Origin:

Japan

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Letter

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Full Crew

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Writers

Full Crew

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