The Japanese Wife
2010, Film, 105 min, Drama, Romance, Bengali, India, MoviePedia score 67
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.
Directed by Aparna Sen
Cast
- Rahul Bose as Snehamoy
- Chigusa Takaku as Miyage
- Moushumi Chatterjee as Mashi
- Raima Sen as Sandhya
- Sagnik Chowdhury as Paltu
- Sourodip Bhattacharya as Young Snehamoy
- Ranu Bandhopadhyay as Sandhya's Mother
- Arindol Bagchi as Mailman
- Khagendra Nath Das as School Clerk
- Sutapa Ghosh as Khendi
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