• Source: Love Letter (1953 film)

      • Love Letter (恋文, Koibumi) is a 1953 Japanese drama film and the first film directed by actress Kinuyo Tanaka. With her directing debut, Tanaka became the second female film director in Japan after Tazuko Sakane. The screenplay by Keisuke Kinoshita is based on a novel by Fumio Niwa.


      Cast


      Masayuki Mori as Reikichi Mayumi
      Jūzō Dosan as Hiroshi (Reikichi's brother)
      Yoshiko Kuga as Michiko Kubota
      Jūkichi Uno as Naoto Yamaji
      Kyōko Kagawa as Yasuko
      Shizue Natsukawa as Reikichi's mother
      Kinuyo Tanaka as landlady
      Chieko Seki as office lady
      Ranko Hanai as restaurant owner
      Chieko Nakakita as woman at restaurant
      Keisuke Kinoshita as photo studio owner


      Release


      Love Letter was shown in competition at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.


      Awards


      1953 Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay for Keisuke Kinoshita (for Love Letter, A Japanese Tragedy and Sincere Heart)
      1953 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Screenplay for Keisuke Kinoshita (for Love Letter, A Japanese Tragedy, Sincere Heart and Ai no sakyū)


      References




      External links


      Love Letter at IMDb
      Media related to Love Letter (1953 film) at Wikimedia Commons

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