Where to Watch Love Letter (1953) in Australia

What it's about

This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who also has a small role in the story. Based on a screenplay by Keinosuke Kinoshita, "Koibumi" explore the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive. A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi (Masayuki Mori), finds a new job five years after the end of WWII. He will write love letters for other people, which was not uncommon in post-war times (remember the starving poet Lope Veiga -Fernando Rey- in Spanish masterpiece "Cielo negro"). His ideas about love and his personal principles will be tested when he reconnects with his former girlfriend, Michiko (Yoshigo Kuga), a woman with a dark past marked by war and the further occupation of her country by the US military forces.

Cast and crew

Director

Kinuyo Tanaka

Writer

Keisuke Kinoshita, Fumio Niwa

Starring

Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga, Jûkichi Uno

Details

Release date

Dec 13, 1953

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination

Where to Watch Love Letter (1953) in Australia — common questions

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