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Letter to the cop

posted 7 years ago by B-J-C
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Any thoughts about the letter the deaf girl gives to the cop? She didn't want him to read it with her there, and he clearly has an emotional reaction when he reads it, but it's never revealed what it contained and it was never referred to again. We get a very brief glimpse of some of it. Is there anybody here who can read Japanese and can translate the few words we do see? Even so, I don't think we see enough to know what it was about. So my question is, why include it in the film at all if it doesn't advance the plot?

[–] yvesyves (645) a year ago

i don't remember how long the letter was but wasn't it simply the address where to find her dad?? she felt a bit guilty giving it to him hence didn't want him to look at it in front of her

[–] SoZi (102) 9 months ago

It bugs me too.
It was a whole page, so definitely more than an address.
(Which is surprising as we saw her write it down in a few sec)