Ornamental Hairpin
Two bruised souls enact a tender, hesitant romance in Hiroshi Shimizu's alternately poignant and playful wartime love story. A soldier (Chishu Ryu) is forced to prolong his stay at a rural spa when he accidentally cuts his foot on the titular object. Soon enough he tracks down its lovely owner (Kinuyo Tanaka) and finds himself smitten.
Starring Kinuyo Tanaka, Hiroko Kawasaki, Tatsuo Saitō, Chishū Ryū, Shinichi Himori, Hideko Mimura, Kanji Kawahara, Jun Yokoyama, Masayoshi Otsuka, Takeshi Sakamoto
Watch "Ornamental Hairpin" from streaming services Criterion Channel, Plex Free released in 1941. It's a drama and romance movie, and has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.