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The Letter (1997 film)

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| name = The Letter

| image = The Letter film poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

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| director = Lee Jung-gook

| producer = Kim Jin-mun

| writer = Lee Jung-gook
Kim Moo-ryoung
Cho Hwan-yoo

| starring = Choi Jin-sil
Park Shin-yang

| music = Kang Min

| cinematography = Park Gyeong-won

| editing = Park Soon-duk

| studio = Art Cinema

| distributor =

| released =

| runtime =

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| budget =

| gross =

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'The Letter' is a 1997 South Korean film starring Choi Jin-sil and Park Shin-yang.

Story



A happily married couple see only good days ahead of them; but the husband discovers that he is dying of cancer. Heartbroken at the possibility of leaving his wife behind, he proceeds to write love letters aimed at consoling his wife.

Cast



* Choi Jin-sil as Jung-in

* Park Shin-yang as Hwan-yoo

* Choi Yong-min

* Lee Jun-seop

* Song Gwang-su

* Nam Sang-mi

* Park Jong-cheol

* Lee Sang-u

* Kim Young-dae

* Lee In-ock

Release



'The Letter' was released in South Korea on 22 November 1997, and received a total of 724,474 admissions to make it the best selling domestic production and fourth film overall of that year. Together with 'The Contact' it was only one of two films since 1993 to break the 600,000 admissions mark."[http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm97.html 1997]". 'Koreanfilm.org'. Retrieved on 19 January 2009.

Remake



* 'The Letter' (" "), a 2004 Thai remake starring Anne Thongprasom and Attaporn Teemakorn.

See also



* P.S. I Love You (film)

References




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