Love Letter (1953)

Original title

恋文

Directed by

Kinuyo Tanaka

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man returns to post-war Japan and reconnects with a woman from his past through letters. The story explores their lingering feelings and the changes brought by time and loss.

melancholicbittersweetreflectivetenderslow-pacedpoignantintimatenostalgic

What happens

Love Letter (Japanese: 恋文, Hepburn: 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.