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Love Letter (1953)

  • Dec 13, 1953
  • 1h 38m

7.2/10

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41 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

Love Letter is a 1953 romance and drama film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. Its leading cast includes Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga and Shizue Natsukawa. It runs for 1 hour 38 minutes. Its original language is Japanese.

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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Time needed
1 hour 38 minutes
Language
Japanese (subtitles or a dub may be needed)
Audience signal
7.2/10 from 41 TMDB votes

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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

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