The Japanese Wife

The Japanese Wife

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Release Date

4/9/2010

Runtime

105 mins

Overview

Snehmoy and Miyage are pen friends who exchange wedding vows through letters. Fifteen years pass but they never meet. Yet the bond of marriage is strong between them. This unusual relationship comes under a cloud when a young widow, Sandhya, comes to stay with Snehmoy along with her eight-year-old son Poltu. Snehmoy and the little boy bond and the arithmetic teacher discovers the joy of palpable bonds and fatherhood. There develops an inexplicable thread of understanding with Sandhya too. But Snehmoy remained loyal to his unseen Japanese wife.

Status

Released

Original Language

Bangla

Budget

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Revenue

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A quietly moving exploration of an unconventional marriage conducted entirely through letters, tested when real human connection enters the narrator's life. It's a film about fidelity to the heart versus fidelity to the tangible world.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetContemplative

Themes

LoveIsolationFamilyIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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