Picture Bride (1994) |
Genres: Drama, Romance |
Taglines: Hawaii, 1918. She left Japan for a man she had never met, in a new world she couldn't imagine... America. |
Director: Kayo Hatta |
Writers: Kayo Hatta, Mari Hatta, Diane Mei Lin Mark |
Stars: 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. |
Directors: |
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Kayo Hatta | |
Writers: |
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Kayo Hatta | (story) |
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Mari Hatta | (story) |
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Diane Mei Lin Mark | (story) |
Producers: |
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Nina Blake | associate producer |
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Cellin Gluck | executive producer |
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Dana Satler Hankins | line producer |
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Diane Mei Lin Mark | executive producer |
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Paul Mayersohn | co-executive producer |
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Eleanor R. Nakama | associate producer |
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Lisa Onodera | producer |
Actors: |
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Yûki Kudô | Riyo |
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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Kanzaki |
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Tamlyn Tomita | Kana |
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Akira Takayama | Matsuji |
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Yôko Sugi | Aunt Sode |
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Christianne Mays | Miss Pieper |
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Toshirô Mifune | The Benshi |
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Michael Ashby | McCullum |
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James Grant Benton | Antone |
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Glenn Cannon | Mer. Pieper |
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Lito Capiña | Augusto |
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Peter Clark | Christian minister |
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Warren Fabro | Felipe |
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Michael Hasegawa | Immigration officer |
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Kyle Kakuno | Yamamoto |
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Moe Keale | Hawaiian fisherman |
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Kati Kuroda | Yayoi |
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Jessica Louie | Kei-chan |
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Natasha Mamiya | Kei-chan |
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Melvin Miranda | Miguel |
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Keiji Morita | Photographer |
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Hatsuko Otsuka | Fumi |
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Dawn Saito | Geisha |
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Riki Sugimoto | Gambler |
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Traci Toguchi | Uto |
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Jason Scott Lee | Worker collecting pay (uncredited) |