Parts of Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s “Love Letter” — a film in which the death of a man brings his fiancé and his high school crush together to retrace his life — were shot there.

The death of Japanese actress and singer Miho Nakayama ... who was known for her role in the acclaimed 1995 romantic film Love Letter and had a string of hit J-pop songs in the 1980s and 1990s.

IN traditional Japanese culture, a koibumi is a handwritten love letter, an elegant and poetic way to confess deep affection.

Parts of Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s “Love Letter” — a film in which the death of a man brings his fiancé and his high school crush together to retrace his life — were shot there. Funamizaka is ...