A scene that made Rahul Bose cry

Falling in Love with someone you have never seen! Is it possible? An unheard concept in today's life, yet Director Aparna Sen has chosen this as her story for her film Japanese Wife.

The Japanese Wife is a 2010 Indian film directed by Bengali film director Aparna Sen. It stars Rahul Bose, Raima Sen and Moushumi Chatterjee, and Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku in the title role. The story revolves around a young village school teacher (Rahul Bose) marrying his Japanese pen friend (Chigusa Takaku) over letters and remaining true and loyal to her throughout his life, while actually never meeting her.

Snehmoy (Rahul Bose) and Miyage (Chigusa Takaku) 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 (Raima Sen), 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. When Miyage was ill from cancer, he took a long leave from his school and tried his best to find a cure for the illness. Meanwhile, malaria took a toll on him and he passed away. Coming of Miyage in a white sari to Sunderbans after his departure was really touching.

This is the first time Aparna Sen has made a film based on someone else's story. This movie is based on the title story of The Japanese Wife and Other Stories by Bengali Indian author Kunal Basu, who writes from Oxford and is an engineer by training. This film was earlier titled as The Kite, but later changed to the name of the original story title. The shooting locations are Kolkata, Sundarbans and the Japanese cities of Yokohama and Tsukuba, Ibaraki.

For casting Chigusa Takaku in the title role, Aparna had hired an agency and chose her after auditioning 12 girls. It seems she is a sensitive woman and an intuitive actress. Hence, she got a feel of the character quickly enough. She didnt know any English. So the cast and crew had to converse with her through her translator who was always on the sets.

The film received positive to very positive reviews from top critics in India. Omar Qureshi of Zoom rated the film 5 out of 5 stars and called it "zoombastic".

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My husband Lives Faraway in netherlands I know how it makes you feel when you love someone more than anything and you can't touch them feel them or see them Laugh, and Cry.