Picture Bride

Production year: 1994

Drama PG-13   Running time: 1:34 

IMDB rating:   6.6     Aspect: Wide;  Languages: English;  Subtitles: English;  Audio: Mono

After the father of Riyo (Yuki Kudo) dies, she becomes the arranged wife of Matsuji (Akira Takayama), a migrant worker in Hawaii. Riyo travels from Japan to the United States, but finds it difficult adapting to the hard life working on a sugar plantation and living with Matsuji. Riyo becomes friends with another woman, Kana (Tamlyn Tomita), who came over as a bride as well. Riyo begins saving money to return to Japan, but tragic events make her evaluate where she belongs.

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Picture Bride