Love Letter (1953)

Love Letter 1953 / 恋文 1953 / Koibumi ,

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, 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. His ideas about love and his personal principles will be tested when he reconnects with his former girlfriend, Michiko, a woman with a dark past marked by war and the further occupation of her country by the US military forces.