Love Letter
Original title: Koibumi
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⭐ 7.1 / 10(694)
Explores the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive. A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Released
- 1953
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 1953
Storyline
Explores the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive. A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
Top credits
Directors
Writers
Cast
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Masayuki Mori — Reikichi Mayumi
Yoshiko Kuga — Michiko Kubota- Jūkichi Uno — Naoto Yamaji
- Jûzô Dôsan — Hiroshi
Did you know
• The directorial debut of Kinuyo Tanaka, making her Japan's second female film director after Tazuko Sakane, and the first one after the end of World War 2.
User reviews
⭐ 8/10
Tanaka's directoral debut takes on all the norms of Japanese Cinema
👍 14 · 3/12/2017
⭐ 7/10
Solid debut film, marred a bit by moral judgements
👍 4 · 3/16/2024
⭐ 7/10
Forgiveness
👍 3 · 11/14/2019
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
