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Love Letter

Original title: 恋文

1953 · 1h 38m

Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka

7.2

TMDB audience score
41 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.

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Cast

  • Masayuki Mori
    Reikichi Mayumi

  • Yoshiko Kuga
    Michiko Kubota

  • Shizue Natsukawa
    Reikichi's mother

  • Jūkichi Uno
    Naoto Yamaji

  • Chieko Seki
    Office lady

  • Kyōko Anzai

  • Jûzô Dôsan
    Hiroshi

  • Yumi Takano

  • Kikuko Hanaoka

  • Harumi Kashima

  • Ichiro Kodama

  • Tatsuhiro Oka

  • Shigeru Ogura
    Hiroshi

  • Toshikazu Hara

  • Sayoko Ono

  • Chiyoko Kuni

  • Akiko Jindai

  • Naoko Kubo