The Japanese Wife

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The Japanese Wife is an Indian romantic drama film directed by Aparna Sen that explores an unconventional long-distance marriage between a Bengali schoolteacher and his unseen Japanese pen pal.

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instanceOf Indian film
film
awardRecognition screened at international film festivals
basedOn The Japanese Wife NERFINISHED
The Japanese Wife and Other Stories NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Kunal Basu NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Anay Goswamy NERFINISHED
countryOfFilmingLocation India NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin India
director Aparna Sen NERFINISHED
distributor Saregama Films NERFINISHED
editedBy Arghyakamal Mitra NERFINISHED
filmFormat feature film
genre romantic drama
language Bengali
English
Japanese
mainCharacter Miyage NERFINISHED
Sandhya NERFINISHED
Snehmoy NERFINISHED
musicBy Sagar Desai NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle realist drama
notableFor cross-cultural love story
portrayal of an epistolary marriage
originalWorkLanguage English
plotSummary A Bengali schoolteacher maintains an unconventional long-distance marriage with his unseen Japanese pen pal.
producer Saregama Films NERFINISHED
productionCompany Saregama Films NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation schoolteacher
releaseYear 2010
runningTimeMinutes 105
screenwriter Aparna Sen NERFINISHED
setting rural Bengal
starredActor Chigusa Takaku NERFINISHED
Moushumi Chatterjee NERFINISHED
Rahul Bose NERFINISHED
Raima Sen NERFINISHED
theme long-distance marriage
love and sacrifice
unconventional relationships

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