Picture Bride
– Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has..
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. The miserable girl finds solace with her new friend Kana, a young mother who helps Riyo accept her new life.
05 May 1995
English, Japanese
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Kayo Hatta
Kayo Hatta (screenplay), Kayo Hatta (story), Mari Hatta (screenplay), Mari Hatta (story), Diane Mei Lin Mark (story)
Yûki Kudô, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tamlyn Tomita, Akira Takayama
The story of 16-year-old Riyo who journeys to Hawaii in 1918 to marry a man she has never met, except through photographs and letters they have exchanged. Hoping to escape a troubled past and to start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age and Hawaii is not the paradise she expected. As Riyo comes to terms with her new home, she discovers a land full of hardship, struggle--and unexpected joy.
2 wins & 5 nominations.
Miramax