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Love Letter

★ 7.2 / 10 (41 votes)December 13, 195398 minJA

RomanceDrama

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.

CINEHOOK / INFORMATION

Movie facts

Release dateDecember 13, 1953

StatusReleased

Runtime98 min

Rating★ 7.2 / 10

Certification—

Original languageJapanese

CountryJapan

Budget—

Revenue—

ProductionShintoho Company

CINEHOOK / STREAMING

Where to watch

Availability varies by country and can change.

Showing availability for: United States

Stream

Criterion Channel

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CINEHOOK / CREDITS

Crew

Director

Kinuyo Tanaka

Writers

Keisuke Kinoshita

CINEHOOK / CAST

Cast

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki MoriReikichi Mayumi

Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko KugaMichiko Kubota

Shizue Natsukawa

Shizue NatsukawaReikichi's mother

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi UnoNaoto Yamaji

Chieko Seki

Chieko SekiOffice lady

Kyōko Anzai

Kyōko Anzai

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Jûzô DôsanHiroshi

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Yumi Takano

Kikuko Hanaoka

Kikuko Hanaoka

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Harumi Kashima

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Ichiro Kodama

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Tatsuhiro Oka

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