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 The Japanese wife is a Bengali film directed by Aparna Sen. The storyline is based on the novel with the same name as the movie, written by Kunal Basu. The movie was initially named as "The Kite" but was later changed to the original title of the movie.  The earliest memory I have of watching this film is during a lazy, Friday afternoon. It was during some festival; hence my parents and I watched it together. I was frankly not keen on watching it, as the premise of the film didn't quite interest me. My preconceived notion was that it's a boring, sappy, romcom movie.  And oh boy, was I wrong. The movie stars Rahul Bose as Snehamoy Chatterjee, a university student and a part time arithmetic teacher in the local school in the Sunderbans, and Chigusa Takaku as Miyage, a Japanese lady taking care of her ailing mother, and also working part time in a store in Yokohama.  The story follows the beautiful relationship that Snehamoy and Miyage share, through letters. They are ...