Stars
Masayuki Mori
Yoshiko Kuga
Jūkichi Uno
Jûzô Dôsan
Chieko Seki
Shizue Natsukawa
Kyôko Anzai
Yumi Takano
Kikuko Hanaoka
Harumi Kajima
Writers
Keisuke Kinoshita
Fumio Niwa
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Masayuki Mori | Character: Reikichi Mayumi
Actor: Yoshiko Kuga | Character: Michiko Kubota
Actor: Jūkichi Uno | Character: Naoto Yamaji
Actor: Jûzô Dôsan | Character: Hiroshi
Actor: Chieko Seki | Character: Office Lady
Actor: Shizue Natsukawa | Character: Reikichi's Mother
Actor: Kyôko Anzai | Character: Actress
Actor: Yumi Takano | Character: Actress
Actor: Kikuko Hanaoka | Character: Actress
Actor: Harumi Kajima | Character: Reikichi as a child
Actor: Shigeru Ogura | Character: Actor
Actor: Ichirō Kodama | Character: Actor
Actor: Ryuzo Oka | Character: Actor
Actor: Toshikazu Hara | Character: Actor
Actor: Kayoko Ôno | Character: Actress
Actor: Chiyoko Kuni | Character: Actress
Actor: Akiko Kamishiro | Character: Actress
Actor: Naoko Kubo | Character: Trailer Narration
Actor: Sanae Mitsuoka | Character: Actress
Actor: Yôko Mihara | Character: Actress
Actor: Yôko Fujikawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Junko Mizuho | Character: Actress
Actor: Teru Harumi | Character: Actress
Actor: Miho Shiro | Character: Actress
Actor: Reiko Oki | Character: Actress
Actor: Kasumi Nishi | Character: Actress
Actor: Shizuko Inami | Character: Actress
Actor: Yoshiko Motochika | Character: Actress
Actor: Toshiko Suzuki | Character: Actress
Actor: Kinuyo Tanaka | Character: Landlady
Actor: Ranko Hanai | Character: Restaurant Owner
Actor: Kyōko Kagawa | Character: Yasuko
Actor: Takako Irie | Character: Actress
Actor: Kuniko Igawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Akio Isono | Character: Actor
Actor: Yaeko Izumo | Character: Actress
Actor: Chishū Ryū | Character: Man in the Restaurant Cloakroom
Actor: Fumiko Okamura | Character: Actress
Actor: Minoru Takada | Character: Actor
Actor: Yoshiko Tsubouchi | Character: Michiko's New Mother
Actor: Yumeji Tsukioka | Character: Actress
Actor: Chieko Nakakita | Character: Mary
Actor: Reiko Nanao | Character: Actress
Actor: Tōru Abe | Character: Actor
Actor: Sadako Sawamura | Character: Actress
Actor: Shūji Sano | Character: Actor
Actor: Tamae Kiyokawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Fumie Kitahara | Character: Actress
Actor: Kōji Mitsui | Character: Actor
Actor: Keisuke Kinoshita | Character: Photographer
[Directors Group]
Name: Kinuyo Tanaka | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Keisuke Kinoshita | Role: Writer
Name: Fumio Niwa | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Ichiro Nagashima | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Ichirō Saitō | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Hiroshi Suzuki | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Toshio Gotô | Role: Editor
[Art Direction Group]
Name: Seigo Shindô | Role: Art Director
[Production Management]
Name: Seiya Kajima | Role: Production Manager
[Assistant Directors]
Name: Teruo Ishii | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
[Sound Department]
Name: Yūji Dōgen | Role: Sound Department
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Kō Fujibayashi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407929/videogallery/
Release Schedule
Japan: December 13, 1953
France: April 1954 (Cannes Film Festival)
Japan: November 2003 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Singapore: August 24, 2008 (Japanese Film Festival)
United Kingdom: March 10, 2020 (Barbican, London)
Spain: November 24, 2020 (Asian Film Festival Barcelona)
France: February 16, 2022 (restored version)
United States: March 18, 2022 (Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York City)
Portugal: April 6, 2023 (restored version)
Germany: May 3, 2023 (internet, restored version)
Taiwan: January 6, 2024 (restored version, Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute)
Awards
Winner | 1954 | Blue Ribbon Awards | Blue Ribbon Award | Best Screenplay | Keisuke Kinoshita, Love Letter, A Japanese Tragedy, Sincere Heart
Nominee | 1954 | Cannes Film Festival | Grand Prize of the Festival | Kinuyo Tanaka, Love Letter
Winner | 1954 | Mainichi Film Concours | Mainichi Film Concours | Best Screenplay | Keisuke Kinoshita, Love Letter, A Japanese Tragedy, Sincere Heart
Box Office
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