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Afiche de Love Letter

Romance · Drama · 1953 · 1h 38min

Love Letter.

恋文

RomanceDrama

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.

Director: Kinuyo Tanaka

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Masayuki Mori

Reikichi Mayumi

Yoshiko Kuga

Shizue Natsukawa

Shizue Natsukawa

Reikichi's mother

Jūkichi Uno

Chieko Seki

Kyōko Anzai

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Shintoho Company

Shintoho Company

Country

🇯🇵Japan

Languages

Japanese

Available in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)

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Criterion Channel

Criterion Channel

🇫🇷FranciaFeb 16, 2022

🇯🇵JapónDec 13, 1953

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IMDb

7.1 /10

703 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

6.9 /10

30 votes

Letterboxd

7.3 /10

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Weighted average

7.1/10

IMDb7.1
TMDB6.9
Lbxd7.3