An Aparna Sen film is always special. Like her previous endeavours, The
Japanese Wife [a film in Bengali with English sub-titles] also looks at
relationships. Only thing, this time it's about two strangers, who start off as
pen friends, exchange letters, get drawn towards each other, even get married
through letters, but never meet each other. Despite staying apart and not
meeting even once, the couple share an honest and chaste relationship, confiding
the smallest of incident to one another, thru letters and phone calls.
