When I Close My Eyes Movie Review 1995

After attending a memorial service for her fiance, Hiroko (Nakayama) discovers his high school yearbook and an old address. She impulsively writes a letter to the address and is shocked to receive a reply from a young woman, Itsuki (also played by Nakayama), who bears the same name as her dead lover and even went to high school with him. The two women begin to correspond, as Hiroko asks what Itsuki remembers about the young man (Kashiwabara), and the mock resentment/friendship the two maintained in school. Eventually, Hiroko decides to meet Itsuki in person, hoping that she can get over the past that haunts her. Japanese with subtitles.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 116 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Flashback, Japan

Screenplay

Shunji Iwai

Cast

Miho Nakayama, Takashi Kashiwabara, Etsushi Toyokawa

Cinematography

Noboru Shinoda

Director

Shunji Iwai