Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara

Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara

2009 · 120 min · Drama

Nonoue Junichi is a psychiatrist working in the counseling room of a cancer treatment center by the beach. While tending to the patients, part of his job involves taking dictation from them when they want to send a letter to a loved one.

Directed by Nobuhiro Doi

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