The Japanese Wife
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| The Japanese Wife ザ ・ジャッパニーズ ・ワイフ দ্যা জাপানীজ ওয়াইফ | |
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| Directed by | Aparna Sen |
| Screenplay by | Aparna Sen |
| Story by | Kunal Basu |
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| Music by | Sagar Desai |
| Cinematography | Anay Goswamy |
| Edited by | Raviranjan Maitra |
| Distributed by | Saregama Films |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | India/Japan |
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The Japanese Wife (Japanese: ザ ・ジャッパニーズ ・ワイフ) is a 2010 epistolary romantic India Japan joint venture Romantic film directed by Bengali filmmakerAparna Sen. It stars Rahul Bose, Raima Sen and Moushumi Chatterjee, and Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku in the title role. It is in English, Bengali and Japanese.[2]The film was originally scheduled for release in October 2008,[3] but the release was delayed until 9 April 2010.
The story revolves around a young Bengali village school teacher (Rahul Bose) marrying his Japanese pen friend (Chigusa Takaku) over letters and remaining true and loyal to her throughout his life, while actually never meeting her.
Plot[edit]
Snehmoy Chatterjee (Rahul Bose) and Miyage (Chigusa Takaku) are pen friends who exchange wedding vows through letters. Seventeen 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 (Raima Sen), 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. Snehamoy sets out one day during a storm to talk to the closest oncologist in Calcutta, but leaves upon realization that without Miyage physically being there, the doctor can do little. On the way back,he calls Miyage and this is the last time he talks to her. The storm turns violent, with harsh wind and rain. He catches pneumonia when he returns to his house. Due to the continuing storm, no villagers are able to travel to Gosaba by boat to obtain the antibiotics required to cure his infection. He dies some days later. After the sea calms down,a bald Miyage in a white Sari, visits the house of her late husband Snehamoy. Sandhya welcomes he
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