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Picture Bride is a 1995 American Japanese-language feature-length independent film directed by Kayo Hatta from a screenplay co-written with Mari Hatta, and co-produced by Diane Mei Lin Mark and Lisa Onodera. It follows Riyo, who arrives in Hawaii as a "picture bride" at the turn of the century for a man she has never met before.
May 5, 1995 · With Yûki Kudô, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tamlyn Tomita, Akira Takayama. Riyo marries a man more than twice her age. She is devastated and labors in the sugar cane field. At the end she is able to love her husband.
- (1.2K)
- Drama, Romance
- Kayo Hatta
- 1995-05-05
May 19, 1995 · Picture Bride. Between 1907 and 1924, more than 20,000 young women made the journey from Japan to Hawaii, promised to husbands they knew only through photographs.
82% Tomatometer 11 Reviews. 79% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings. After the father of Riyo (Yûki Kudô) dies, she becomes the arranged wife of Matsuji (Akira Takayama), a migrant worker in Hawaii ...
- (11)
- Kayo Hatta
- PG-13
- Yûki Kudô
Nov 4, 2021 · by Nathan Liu. Written By: Nathan Liu. “Between 1907 and 1924, more than 20,000 young Japanese, Okinawan and Korean women journeyed to Hawaii to become the wives of men they knew only through photographs and letters. They were called ‘picture brides.’. This film is based on their stories.”
May 5, 1995 · Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age.
Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age.
