Love Letter

A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.

Cast

Kenichi Hagiwara

as Shoichi Takehara

Mitsuko Baisho

as Kyoko Takehara

Keiko Takahashi

as Etsuko Tajima

Kaoru Kobayashi

as Tetsushi Kamiya

Masahiko Arima

as Father

Isao Hashizume

as Counselor

Tokie Hidari

as Chief Nurse

Eiichi Kudō

as Man in Detention

Noboru Mitani

as Vice Principal

Noboru Nakaya

as Vice Director

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