Plot:
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. When Miyage was ill from cancer, he took a long leave from his school and tried to find a cure for her illness. (link)
Review:
“If you really care about aesthetics and have been hungering for something that will satiate your finer sensibilities — battered by now, by the relentless onslaught of kitsch — you must grab a dekko at Aparna Sen’s artful rendition of Kunal Basu’s novel, The Japanese Wife. There is such beauty, restraint and minimalism in this akin-to-a-haiku film, it transports you into another world altogether. One, where love can exist without consummation and togetherness can be attained, despite spatial and cultural distances.” (link)
“You won’t take your eyes off the screen from the opening scene to the closing credits of “The Japanese Wife.” Although this is a simple love story, it’s visual style and look reminded me of another great Indian film, “Water” which also had a female director, Deepa Mehta. Aparna Sen, the director of “The Japanese Wife” uses the visual beauty of India, especially the rivers, as effectively as the cinematography of “Water.” (An IMDB User)
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Language(s):English, Bengali, Japanese
Subtitles:English