Year			2007
Country			Canada / France / Italy
Genre			Romantic drama
Rating			13+
Parents			Nudity, sexual content
Length			1:48
Director			François Girard
Writer			Alessandro Baricco François Girard
Company			Alliance Vivafilm
Starring			Keira Knightley Michael Pitt Kôji Yakusho Alfred Molina Mark Rendall Sei Ashina Show more... Keira Knightley Michael Pitt Kôji Yakusho Alfred Molina Mark Rendall Sei Ashina Leslie Csuth Kanata Hongô Jun Kunimura Gwendoline Meyer Miki Nakatani Callum Keith Rennie Kenneth Welsh
Links			Official Web Site Trailer

19th century. Herve Joncour, a married silkworm smuggler travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While in Japan, he meets a beautiful European woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins to suspect.