The Letter (1997 film)

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The Letter (Korean: 편지; RR: Pyeonji) is a 1997 South Korean film starring Choi Jin-sil and Park Shin-yang.

The Letter
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Hangul	편지
Hanja	片紙 or 便紙
Revised Romanization	Pyeonji
McCune–Reischauer	P‘yŏnji
Directed by	Lee Jung-gook
Written by	Lee Jung-gook Kim Moo-ryoung Cho Hwan-yoo
Produced by	Kim Jin-mun
Starring	Choi Jin-sil Park Shin-yang
Cinematography	Park Gyeong-won
Edited by	Park Soon-duk
Music by	Kang Min
Production company	Art Cinema
Release date	22 November 1997
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Story

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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

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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

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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.^[1]