Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death. in the letter she tells him the story of her love for him -a life-long passion that has not diminished over time, but one that he has never known. her story spans 18 years from the moment she -then a 13 year-old girl- sets her eyes on her new neighbor. she tells their brief but passionate love in her youthi the hardship she goes through raising their child alone, and their final encounter after the war, during which the man fails tor ecognize her and one which leaves her in despair. Now having lost her son, she no longer has the courage to live on. Only in a letter is she capable of telling him everything, for the first and the last time. shaken by the letter, the man searches his memory for the nameless woman.
Credits
Letter from an Unknown Woman Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Jiang Wen
He was 41, now 61 years old
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as Mr. Xu |
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Xu Jinglei
She was 30, now 50 years old
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as Miss Jiang |
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Huang Jue
He was 29, now 48 years old
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as Captain Huang |
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Jiao huang
He was 68, now 87 years old
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as Officer Huang |
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Xiaoming Su
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as Mother |
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Yuan Lin
was 27, now 47 years old
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as Girl |
Letter from an Unknown Woman Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Xu Jinglei as Director. She was 30 (now 50) years old
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Directing |
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Mark Lee Ping-Bing as Director of Photography. He was 50 (now 69) years old
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Camera |
