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Japanese | ももへの手紙 |
Hepburn | Momo e no Tegami |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Okiura |
Produced by | Arimasa Okada Keiko Matsushita Mariko Noguchi Motoki Mukaichi |
Written by | Hiroyuki Okiura |
Starring |
Karen Miyama Yuka Toshiyuki Nishida Chō Kōichi Yamadera |
Music by | Mina Kubota |
Cinematography | Koji Tanaka |
Edited by | Junichi Uematsu |
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Distributed by | Kadokawa Pictures |
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120 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $6.7 million |
A Letter to Momo (Japanese: ももへの手紙 Hepburn: Momo e no Tegami?) is a 2011 Japanese anime drama film produced by Production I.G and distributed by Kadokawa Pictures. The film was written and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura and stars an ensemble cast featuring Karen Miyama, Yuka, Toshiyuki Nishida, Chō and Kōichi Yamadera. In A Letter to Momo, 11-year-old Momo Miyaura deals with an uncertain future after her father's death.
A Letter to Momo premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on September 10, 2011 and was released on April 21, 2012 in Japan.
Following the death of her father Kazuo, Momo Miyaura and her mother Ikuko travel from Tokyo to the Seto Inland Sea. Momo carries Kazuo's unfinished letter, which contains only the words "Dear Momo." The two arrive at her mother's estate in Shio Island (汐島 Shiojima?) and meet their relatives Sachio and Sae Sadahama as well as Koichi, a postman and an old friend of Ikuko, who has always had a crush on her. Momo is devastated and misses Tokyo. In the attic, she opens a present containing a rare picture book about goblins and Yōkai, collected by Sachio's father. Three droplets from the sky enter Ikuko's estate and transform into yokai consisting of Kawa, Mame, and Iwa, the group's leader.