Love Letter (1981)

Love Letter (Japanese: ラブレター, Hepburn: Rabu reta) is a 1981 Japanese Roman Porno drama film directed by Yōichi Higashi and written by Yōzō Tanaka. The film was based on the nonfiction novel Mitsuharu Kaneko's Love Letter by Yōkō Emori, first published in May 1976 by Pep Publishing. It tells the true story of a young woman in love with a significantly older married poet. The film stars Keiko Takahashi in the lead role, in addition to Katsuo Nakamura, Mariko Kaga, Noboru Nakaya and Ken Nishida. Michi Tanaka composed the film's score. Love Letter was theatrically released by Nikkatsu on August 7, 1981, in Japan.