Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.

• Shintoho Company
• Masayuki Mori
• Yoshiko Kuga
• Shizue Natsukawa
• Jūkichi Uno
• Chieko Seki
• Kyōko Anzai
• Jûzô Dôsan
• Yumi Takano