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[Marie_Suzuki at jpf.go.jp]

Lisa wrote:
>Love Letter - I recently watched this highly-recommended film, settling
>on the laserdisc which has no English subtitles (I could rent a video
>with Chinese subtitles but that doesn't help me either).  A friend, who
>saw it two years ago, watched it with me and tried to recall the major
>points of the plot.  Would anyone on this list remember the gist of what
>Hiroko yells into the echoing mountains (which is what Itsuki is
>whispering in her fever)?  We guessed it was something like "I still
>miss you", but I would like to know.

I believe what Hiroko said was "Ogenki desuka?  Watashi wa genki desu!"
I don't quite know how it should be translated.  Literally, it goes like
"How are you?  I'm doing fine." but then it sounds very dumb.

When I saw the film in a theater, I thought the yelling was Hiroko's way of
announcing that she intends to start living her life again, go for a new
love, although she still cherishes the memory of her former boy friend.

Anyway, I was rather annoyed by the way the feeling was expressed.  Hiroko
yelled the same words over and over.  I could hear many people wiping their
tears, but I could not tune in to it.

Marie Suzuki