Letters from the Mountains

Letters from the Mountains
Directed byTakashi Koizumi
Screenplay byTakashi Koizumi
Based onAmidadō Dayori by Keishi Nagi
Starring
CinematographyMasaharu Ueda
Music byTakashi Kako
Production
company
Release date
  • October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05) (Japan)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Letters from the Mountains (Japanese: 阿弥陀堂だより, Hepburn: Amidadō Dayori) is a 2002 Japanese film directed[1] by Takashi Koizumi.[2][3][4] The film was adapted from the novel Amidadō Dayori written by Keishi Nagi.[5][6] It stars Akira Terao.[7] Letters from the Mountains was nominated for 13 awards at the 26th Japan Academy Film Prize.[8][9]

The film depicts a couple moving from a big city to the countryside.[10][11]

Cast

Honors

Japan Academy Film Prize

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Won:Best Newcomer - Manami Konishi.[6][15]

Mainichi Film Awards

References

  1. ^ "阿弥陀堂だより" (in Japanese). 角川. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ 増刊キネマ旬報SPECIAL 秋の増刊号. Kinema Junpō. 2014. pp. 80–84.
  3. ^ "阿弥陀堂だより" (in Japanese). Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  4. ^ "阿弥陀堂" (in Japanese). Shinshu-Iiyama Tourism Bureau. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  5. ^ "阿弥陀堂だより" (in Japanese). Motion Pictures Producers Association. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "デジタル大辞泉プラス「阿弥陀堂だより」の解説" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. ^ "阿弥陀堂だより" (in Japanese). UNI Japan. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  8. ^ "阿弥陀堂だより" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  9. ^ "阿弥陀堂だより" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  10. ^ "阿弥陀堂だより" (in Japanese). The TV(ザテレビジョン). Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  11. ^ キネマ旬報2002年10月下旬号. Kinema Junpō. 2002. pp. 54–62.
  12. ^ "名おばあちゃん役の北林谷栄さん死去 『となりのトトロ』『黄泉がえり』数々のおばあちゃんを熱演" (in Japanese). シネマトゥディ. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  13. ^ a b "第26回日本アカデミー賞" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Film Prize Association. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  14. ^ "北林 谷栄（読み）キタバヤシ タニエ 新撰 芸能人物事典 明治～平成「北林 谷栄」の解説" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  15. ^ "２００２年 第４５回 ブルーリボン賞" (in Japanese). オールシネマ. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  16. ^ "毎日映画コンクール 第57回（2002年）" (in Japanese). THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS. Retrieved 27 November 2021.