| Last Letter | |||||||||||
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| Director: | Shunji Iwai | ||||||||||
| Producer: | Peter Chan Shunji Iwai | ||||||||||
| Starring: | Zhou Xun Qin Hao Zhang Zifeng | ||||||||||
| Narrators: | --> | ||||||||||
| Music: | Shunji Iwai ikire | ||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Chigi Kanbe | ||||||||||
| Editing: | Shunji Iwai | ||||||||||
| Distributor: | China Lion Film Distribution | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 115 minutes[1] | ||||||||||
| Country: | China | ||||||||||
| Language: | Mandarin | ||||||||||
| Gross: | $11.8 million[2] | ||||||||||
Last Letter is a 2018 Chinese romantic drama film written, directed, edited, co-produced and co-scored by Japanese filmmaker Shunji Iwai, based on his own novel, and starring Zhou Xun, Qin Hao and Zhang Zifeng. It was released on November 9, 2018.[3] Iwai adapted the same novel into a Japanese film, also known as Last Letter, released in 2020.[4]
The film tells the story of a Chinese woman named Yuan Zhihua (Zhou Xun), a key figure to resolving a conflict that has lasted three generations.
Yuan Zhihua represents her deceased older sister at a middle school reunion and meets her previous lover, Yi Chuan. This sparks a series of letters involving Zhihua, Yi Chuan, her older sister, and her daughter.
| Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
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| Best Original Screenplay | Shunji Iwai | ||
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