Love Letter
7.1
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
48 people
Masayuki Mori
Reikichi Mayumi
Known for
Rashomon
Ugetsu
Yoshiko Kuga
Michiko Kubota
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Good Morning
Equinox Flower
Shizue Natsukawa
Reikichi's mother
Known for
Twenty-Four Eyes
Jūkichi Uno
Naoto Yamaji
Known for
Nobody's Boy: Remi
Onibaba
Chieko Seki
Office lady
Also in
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Girls of the Night
Kyōko Anzai
Known for
Battle in Outer Space
Jûzô Dôsan
Hiroshi
Also in
Tower of Lilies
Yumi Takano
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Man Who Causes a Storm
Children of Hiroshima
Kikuko Hanaoka
Known for
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Harumi Kashima
Also in
No Man, No Cry
Dispersed Clouds
Ichiro Kodama
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Ginza Cosmetics
The Shiinomi School
Tatsuhiro Oka
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Kinuyo Tanaka Director · Keisuke Kinoshita Screenplay Fumio Niwa Story
First release December 13, 1953 · Produced in Japan · Original title 恋文
Production
Shintoho Company
Production · Studio
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
恋文
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 13, 1953
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
February 16, 2022 · Theatrical · 2021 4k restoration
October 18, 2022 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray, 2021 4k restoration
March 15, 2026 · Digital · Arte, 2021 4k restoration
Portugal
October 24, 2023 · Premiere · Theatro Gil Vicente, Barcelos (Cineclube ZOOM)
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