Love Letter (恋文)

LOVE LETTER

Executive Producer NAGASHIMA Ichirô

Screenplay by KINOSHITA Keisuke Original story by TANBA Fumio

Photographed by SUZUKI Hiroshi Lighting FUJIBAYASHI Kô Sound DOGEN Yûji

Music by SAITO Ichirô Art Direction by SHINDO Seigo

Starring

MASAYUKI MORI YOSHIKO KUGA

JUKICHI UNO JUZO DOSAN

CHIEKO SEKI SHIZUE NATSUKAWA

KYOKO ANZAI YUMI TAKANO

KIKUKO HANAOKA HARUMI KASHIMA

ICHIRO KODAMA RYUZO OKA

CHIYOKO KUNI

SANAE MITSUOKA YOKO MIHARA

YOKO FUJIKAWA TERU HARUMI

SHIZUKO INAMI

TOSHIKO SUZUKI

KINUYO TANAKA RANKO HANAI

KYOKO KAGAWA TAKAKO IRIE

KUNIKO IGAWA AKIO ISONO

YAEKO IZUMO CHISHU RYU

FUMIKO OKAMURA MINORU TAKADA

YOSHIKO TSUBOUCHI YUMEJI TSUKIOKA

CHIEKO NAKAKITA REIKO NANAO

TORU ABE SADAKO SAWAMURA

SHUJI SANO KOJI MITSUI

Directed by TANAKA Kinuyo

Goodbye.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Sorry.

Good morning.

- Are you only just getting back now? - Work.

Good morning.

Reikichi and Hiroshi Mayumi

I'm back.

Welcome home.

Lots of laundry.

Breakfast is ready.

Eat.

No, thank you. I'm leaving right away.

You're very busy.

I went to the book market.

We drank all night.

You never stop.

It sounds like illegal work.

That's business.

By the way, I have some work for you.

A short translation.

Thanks.

They'll offer something better next time.

Have you finished the other one?

I finished it last night.

Don't worry about my shirts. Give them to the laundry.

I live at your place.

I can take care of the laundry just fine.

Why don't you hang out the laundry outside?

Are you ashamed?

In Paris,

People hang their laundry inside.

You really need to get married.

- You make me feel sorry for you. - I need a stable job.

You can probably find one afterwards.

Would you like a coffee?

Why don't you get married?

You must have a reason.

Do you think so?

Of course, it's obvious.

With your education,

you could find a better job.

And a better salary.

Are you hiding something from me?

That's why you don't take more than my odd jobs.

And I thank you for that.

You don't have to thank me.

Coffee?

I saw you standing on the platform

at Tokyo Station. At Yûraku, too.

Did you?

And you didn't come to see me?

You were looking for someone.

I don't know anymore.

I must have seen something.

I don't have time for a coffee.

I'm just passing through.

By the way, here's your paycheck.

3,000 yen.

I admire you, little brother.

You dedicate yourself to your work.

That's it, muddy the waters. And keep your little secret.

I'll wait until you tell me about it.

Are you coming home tonight? - Maybe.

What a busy man!

Go get some fresh air for a change.

Apparently, it's good for your health.

- Are you leaving already? - Yes.

"I write you this letter"

"as I am getting married tomorrow,"

"and it makes my heart ache and saddens me."

"Although I never had the courage to admit it to you,"

"I have always loved you."

"I wished at least to let you know,"

"otherwise I would never have been able to say goodbye to you."

"I would love to leave it all behind"

"and rush into your arms."

Michiko

Mayumi.

Yamaji.

- I was worried. - I missed you.

I heard you were in Tokyo.

I wrote to you when I was repatriated.

Really?

Are you waiting for someone? - No.

Let's go have tea.

I live with my brother since our mother's death.

Our city was bombed.

The capital was also affected.

But you survived.

I see.

Here is your order.

How much do you earn translating?

3,000, sometimes 4,000.

That's not much.

I am lucky enough to live with my brother.

What is he doing?

He works hard.

He buys books at low prices

to resell them at a higher price in other places,

and thus make a profit.

He manages to earn 1,000 yen a day.

It's a rather unique job.

And what are you doing?

Me?

A unique type of work, too.

I work near here.

Tell me.

Do you want to help me?

You know how to write English and French.

You'd have plenty to do.

To do what?

You'll see.

You'll understand soon.

Thanks to the naval academy,

we learned English and French.

That served us well.

Finish your cup. The customers are about to arrive.

Suzuran Festival

Please come in.

There he is. He's back!

Stop!

Where have you been now?

Excuse me.

I ate 10 skewers while waiting for you.

It's not my fault.

She's been furious since yesterday.

Who?

Hisako. Her man stopped sending her money.

So now she's lashing out at us.

Do something!

I'll take care of it.

Come.

Quickly, bring some tea.

Threaten him properly in the letter.

I want him to beg my forgiveness.

Harry, that bastard!

Letters in English and French

May he go to hell.

Sit between us.

Observe.

Here I am.

Pick up the pace. I've been waiting for a long time.

Are you ready?

- Mr. Herbart, is that right? - Yes.

He's no longer paying the pension?

He should be ashamed of himself.

Make him feel pity.

I want him to pay.

I should tell him you are starving?

That you're forced to walk the streets?

Why not?

Otherwise, he won't understand the situation.

But it surprises me.

He returned home a year ago

and he continued to send you money.

Our soldiers wouldn't do that.

That's perfectly normal.

I was his only girl.

I'm writing just one letter?

No.

I need a second one. For another man.

Life is hard, you know.

A love letter?

A passionate one.

Two letters sent simultaneously to two lovers.

That's funny.

My dear Herbart

I hope this...

Here.

Don't bother him, he's writing my letter.

Let him eat.

I'm starving.