The
Rahul
Bose
starrer,
The
Japanese
Wife
had
its
music
launch
on
Wednesday.
Director
of
the
film,
Aparna
Sen
and
actors
Rahul
Bose
and
Moushumi
Chatterjee
were
present
at
the
launch.
The
film
is
a
book
adaptation
of
Kunal
Basu"s
novel
with
the
same
name.
The
film
has
16
songs.
It
stars
Japanese
actress
Chigusa
Takaku
as
the
Japanese
wife.
According
to
Aparna
Sen,
she
found
the
story
like
a
modern-day
fairy
tale.
She
reveals
that
when
she
heard
the
story
from
Kunal
Basu,
she
found
it
very
strangely
odd
and
yet
charming
at
the
same
time.
Rahul
Bose,
who
has
earlier
worked
with
Aparna
Sen
on
15
Park
Avenue
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Iyer,
states
that
his
character
in
the
film
is
that
of
a
romantic.
His
character,
Snehmoy,
is
very
stubborn
schoolteacher
and
has
been
writing
letters
to
his
lover
for
17
years.
They
start
out
as
pen
pals
and
then
go
on
to
become
lovers.
They
even
get
married
through
letters
and
live
together
as
husband
and
wife
like
this.
They
have
never
met
though.
It
is
set
in
the
interiors
of
Sunderbans,
West
Bengal.