Watch Letter from the Mountain (2002) Online

As the film begins, Takao (Akira Terao) and Michiko (Kanako Higuchi) have already pulled up their Tokyo roots and moved to a village that is Takao's ancestral home. They visit a thatched cottage that serves as a memorial shrine (amidado) for the village dead and chat with the attendant, the spry 96-year-old Oume (Tanie Kitabayashi). Together they admire the view -- from an inspiring distance. Oume, it turns out, is a kind of sage, whose thoughts and observations are a popular feature in a column in a local newsletter. Her amanuensis is a mute, sweetly smiling young woman named Sayuri (Manami Konishi), who is as devoted to Oume as Oume is to the souls of her beloved dead. Read More

Watch Letter from the Mountain online. Featuring Akira Terao and Kanako Higuchi, Letter from the Mountain is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 8.4. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in Japan and was released on 2002. Letter from the Mountain was directed by Takashi Koizumi. Read Less