Love Makeup (1955)

Original title

恋化粧

Directed by

Ishirō Honda

Genre

comedy

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two lovers meet again in Tokyo after being separated by World War Two. The film follows them as they try to rebuild their relationship in a changed city.

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What happens

Lovetide (Japanese: 恋化粧, Hepburn: Koi-gesho; transl. Love Makeup) is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda based on the story Fukeyo kawakaze by Hidemi Kon. The film is set in a post-War Tokyo where two of its citizens are lovers who reunite after being separated by the war. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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