"The words that made my heart beat again, "To Yunhee, how are you?""

2019

1h 46m

7.0(63 votes)

Romance

Drama

Overview

The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kim Hee-ae

Yunhee

Yuko Nakamura

Jun

Kim So-hye

Saebom

Sung Yoo-bin

Kyeongsu

Hana Kino

Masako

Kumi Takiuchi

Ryoko

Sho Yakumaru

Ryuske

Kim Hak-sun

Youngho

Han Song-hee

Dietitian

You Chea-myung

Inho

Creative team

Directed by: Lim Dae-hyung
Written by: Lim Dae-hyung
Produced by: Koh Kyeong-ran

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