Letters from the Mountains

{{short description|2002 film directed by Takashi Koizumi}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Letters from the Mountains

| image =

| caption =

| director = Takashi Koizumi

| producer =

| writer =

| screenplay = Takashi Koizumi

| story =

| based_on = Amidadō Dayori by Keishi Nagi

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Akira Terao
• Kanako Higuchi
• Takahiro Tamura
• Tanie Kitabayashi

}}

| music = Takashi Kako

| cinematography = Masaharu Ueda

| editing =

| studio = Asmik Ace

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2002|10|5| Japan}}

| runtime = 128 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{Nihongo|Letters from the Mountains|阿弥陀堂だより|Amidadō Dayori|lead=yes}} is a 2002 Japanese film directed{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa-pictures.jp/official/amidadoh/|title=阿弥陀堂だより|publisher=角川|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}} by Takashi Koizumi.{{cite book|title=増刊キネマ旬報SPECIAL 秋の増刊号|date=2014|publisher=Kinema Junpō|pages=80–84}}{{cite web|url=http://2008.tiff-jp.net/ja/lineup/works.php?id=225|title=阿弥陀堂だより|publisher=Tokyo International Film Festival|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.iiyama-ouendan.net/tourism/amida/|title=阿弥陀堂|date=25 December 2020 |publisher=Shinshu-Iiyama Tourism Bureau|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}} The film was adapted from the novel Amidadō Dayori written by Keishi Nagi.{{cite web|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/04090000029.html|title=阿弥陀堂だより|publisher=Motion Pictures Producers Association|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%98%BF%E5%BC%A5%E9%99%80%E5%A0%82%E3%81%A0%E3%82%88%E3%82%8A-693007|title=デジタル大辞泉プラス「阿弥陀堂だより」の解説|publisher=Kotobank|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}} It stars Akira Terao.{{cite web|url=https://jfdb.jp/title/150|title=阿弥陀堂だより|publisher=UNI Japan|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}} Letters from the Mountains was nominated for 13 awards at the 26th Japan Academy Film Prize.{{cite web|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/telecine/video/amida/|title=阿弥陀堂だより|publisher=TV Tokyo|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=898|title=阿弥陀堂だより|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|language=ja|access-date=20 November 2021}}

The film depicts a couple moving from a big city to the countryside.{{cite web|url=https://thetv.jp/program/0000034839/1/|title=阿弥陀堂だより|publisher=The TV(ザテレビジョン)|language=ja|access-date=21 November 2021}}{{cite book|title=キネマ旬報2002年10月下旬号|date=2002|publisher=Kinema Junpō|pages=54–62}}