Birthday Card (2016)

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Movie: Birthday Card
Romaji: Basude Kado
Japanese: バースデーカード

Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida
Writer: Yasuhiro Yoshida
Producer: Kazunari Hashiguchi
Cinematographer: Shinya Kimura
Release Date: October 22, 2016
Runtime: 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Mother & Daughter
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Synopsis

Noriko (Ai Hashimoto) lost her mother Yoshie (Aoi Miyazaki) when she was only 10-years-old. Yoshie knew she would not be able to live long enough to see her children grow up and wrote birthday cards to her children in the future. Agonizing over relationships with friends, love and marriage, Noriko grows up with hints and thoughts hidden on birthday cards which are sent from her mother every year.