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Love Letter (1953 film)

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Love Letter
Directed byKinuyo Tanaka
Written by
Produced byIchirō Nagashima
Starring
CinematographyHiroshi Suzuki
Music byIchirō Saitō
Production
company
Distributed byShintoho
Release date
  • 13 December 1953 (1953-12-13) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
98 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Love Letter (恋文, Koibumi) is a 1953 Japanese drama film and the first film directed by actress Kinuyo Tanaka.[2][3] With her directing debut, Tanaka became the second female film director in Japan after Tazuko Sakane.[3] The screenplay by Keisuke Kinoshita is based on a novel by Fumio Niwa.[2]

Cast

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Release

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Love Letter was shown in competition at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "恋文". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "恋文(1953)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Kinuyo Tanaka—Actress, Director, Pioneer". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Koibumi". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ^ "毎日映画コンクール 第8回(1953年)". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー". Cinema Hochi (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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