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The Japanese Wife
The Japanese Wife

The Japanese Wife

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Bengali

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.881/10

Release Date

09 April 2010

Country

India

Cast

Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose

Snehamoy Chatterjee

Raima Sen

Raima Sen

Sandhya

Chigusa Takaku

Chigusa Takaku

Miyage

Rudranil Ghosh

Rudranil Ghosh

Fatik

Moushumi Chatterjee

Moushumi Chatterjee

Maashi

Paran Banerjee

Paran Banerjee

Ayurvedic Doctor

Kharaj Mukherjee

Kharaj Mukherjee

Kite Shop Owner

Debranjan Nag

Debranjan Nag

Fatik's friend

Jagannath Guha

Jagannath Guha

Oncologist

Sagnik Chowdhury

Sagnik Chowdhury

Paltu

Sourodip Bhattacharya

Sourodip Bhattacharya

Young Snehamoy

Ranu Bandhopadhyay

Ranu Bandhopadhyay

Sandhya's Mother

Arindol Bagchi

Arindol Bagchi

Mailman

Khagendra Nath Das

Khagendra Nath Das

School clerk

Sutapa Ghosh

Sutapa Ghosh

Khendi

Supriti Das

Supriti Das

Umi

Tomohiro Matsushita

Tomohiro Matsushita

Miyage's brother

Fuminori Mitomo

Fuminori Mitomo

Miyage's father

Kunal Basu

Kunal Basu

Angry Pedestrian

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