Love Letter
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69% Critic Match

Love Letter

6.8 / 10 1953 1h 38mNR Japanese
RomanceDrama

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

Reikichi Mayumi

Lead
Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

Michiko Kubota

Shizue Natsukawa

Shizue Natsukawa

Reikichi's mother

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Naoto Yamaji

Chieko Seki

Chieko Seki

Office lady

Kyōko Anzai

Kyōko Anzai

JD

Jûzô Dôsan

Hiroshi

YT

Yumi Takano

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kinuyo Tanaka's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Love Letter is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker