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Picture Bride

Play trailer Poster for Picture Bride PG-13,  1994,  1h 34m,  Drama/ Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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After the father of Riyo (Yûki Kudô) 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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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
Picture Bride is one of several recent films about how we gathered from all over the globe to call ourselves Americans. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 12, 2007
B-
The film is poorly directed, but it deals with a rare issue, picture brides circa 1918, and is made by an insider, an Asian-American, which is a plus. Go to Full Review
Dan Lybarger Nitrate Online Dec 29, 2003
2/5
Has a nifty swan song by the great Toshiro Mifune, but the rest of the film is pretty, underwritten snooze. Go to Full Review
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Nov 7, 2003
3/5
Leonard Schwarz Palo Alto Weekly May 20, 2003
2/4
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Aug 30, 2002
Sturdy story about the resilience of immigrants. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Kayo Hatta

Director

Yûki Kudô

Riyo

Akira Takayama

Matsuji

Tamlyn Tomita

Kana

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Kanzaki

Toshiro Mifune

The Benshi

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Picture Bride

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Movie Info

Synopsis After the father of Riyo (Yûki Kudô) 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.
Director
Kayo Hatta
Producer
Diane Mei Lin Mark, Lisa Onodera
Screenwriter
Kayo Hatta, Mari Hatta
Distributor
Miramax Home Entertainment [us], Miramax Films
Production Co
Miramax
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 28, 1994, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 14, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$531.1K
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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