Love Letter (1959) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1959 · 40 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Seijun Suzuki

Starring

Keisuke Yukioka, Kyōsuke Machida, Hisako Tsukuba, Frank Nagai

A nightclub manager falls for the pianist he works with, though she is committed to a ranger stationed far away in the wilderness. Their only link is a steady exchange of letters, which dwindles over time until it stops. The manager urges her to visit her boyfriend; she goes, only to be shocked by an unexpected, unsettling find.