A Letter to Momo

A Letter to Momo Japanese , Hepburn Momo e no Tegami? is a 2011 Japanese anime drama film produced by Production I.G and distributed by Kadokawa Pictures. The film was written and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura and stars an ensemble cast featuring Karen Miyama, Yuka, Toshiyuki Nishida, Ch and Kichi Yamadera. In A Letter to Momo, 11yearold Momo Miyaura deals with an uncertain future after her fathers death.

Following the death of her father Kazuo, Momo Miyaura and her mother Ikuko travel from Tokyo to the Seto Inland Sea. Momo carries Kazuos unfinished letter, which contains only the words Dear Momo. The two arrive at her mothers estate in Shio Island , Shiojima? and meet their relatives Sachio and Sae Sadahama as well as Koichi, a postman and Ikukos friend. Momo is devastated and misses Tokyo. In the attic, she opens a present containing a rare picture book about goblins and Ykai, collected by Sachios father. Three droplets from the sky enter Ikukos estate and transform into yokai consisting of Kawa, Mame, and Iwa, the groups leader.When Ikuko begins to take nursing classes, Momo reads the book and begins to hear some strange sounds from the house. She is chased out of the estate by the yokai, only to encounter a young boy named Yota, who is Koichis son. Oblivious to the houses strange noises, Ikuko and Yota assume that it is safe. The next morning, she meets Yota and his sister Umi. The three meet up with his friends and swim under the bridge, but Momo decides not to and runs to a shelter during a thunderstorm. Iwa, Mame and Kawa soon reveal themselves, having stolen some fruit from around the island. Frightened, Momo runs back to Ikukos estate and discovers that Sachios orchard was ransacked. Sachio then tells Momo that the yokai were originally gods, but they were transformed as a punishment for breaking the divine laws. ........

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