A Brief Message from the Heart
1995 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan
"Mother, are you happy with him? Father said nothing and died quietly." Hiroshi borrows his sister Maki's laptop computer and finds a short message written to the mother who had abandoned them. Without telling Maki, Hiroshi submits her message to a Fukui prefecture collection, and it wins a prize. The episodic narrative gradually fills in the background to this message. She goes from being a design company employee to a restorer of medieval art works. He is a university student in Tokyo. Their father died of a heart attack and never spoke about the divorce from their mother. Hiroshi meets the mother and tries to bring her back to the family, despite Maki's violent objection.
Direction Shinichirô Sawai
Cast Ryo Amamiya · Keiko Awaji · Tetsuya Bessho · Hideko Hara · Ryuuji Harada · Hiroshi Katsuno · Haruko Katô · Nenji Kobayashi · Kunio Murai · Nae · Sawa Suzuki · Yukiyo Toake
Screenplay Ryoji Ito · Shinichirô Sawai
Cinematography Daisaku Kimura
Original title Nihon ichi mijikai 'Haha' e no tegami
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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