
The Diary from the Past
2004, Japanese. Directed by Masato Hijikata.
A writer (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who has an artistic crisis purchases a stack of diaries written by a teenage girl (Yû Aoi) who is fatally ill. Living in different time lines both are able to communicate via writing diaries…
- Runtime
- 0h 21m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 7 March 2004
- Original title
- Kako Kara No Nikki
- Written by
- Toshiya Ohno
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The Diary from the Past runs 21 minutes (0h 21m).
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The Diary from the Past isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 March 2004. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Diary from the Past?
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Who directed The Diary from the Past?
The Diary from the Past (2004) was directed by Masato Hijikata and stars Yu Aoi, Hidetoshi Nishijima.