Love Letter
Released a year after the American occupation of Japan ended, Kinuyo Tanaka’s directorial debut explores the professional and personal conflicts of Reikichi (Masayuki Mori), a repatriated veteran who searches for his lost love (Yoshiko Kuga) while translating romantic letters from Japanese women to American GIs. Adapted from a novel by Fumio Niwa, Love Letter depicts with incisive complexity Japanese soldiers struggling to adapt to a changed society, as well as the moral condemnation of Japanese women who became involved with the enemy.
Love Letter was restored in 4K resolution by Kokusai Hoei, Co. Ltd. in cooperation with The Japan Foundation.
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Cast
- Masayuki Mori
- Reikichi Mayumi
- Yoshiko Kuga
- Michiko Kubota
- Juzo Dosan
- Hiroshi
- Jukichi Uno
- Naoto Yamaji
- Chieko Seki
- Office lady
- Shizue Natsukawa
- Reikichi’s mother
Credits
- Director
- Kinuyo Tanaka
- Screenplay
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Based on a novel by
- Fumio Niwa
- Director of photography
- Hiroshi Suzuki
- Editor
- Toshio Goto
- Composer
- Ichiro Saito
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