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 ...
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Title: Picture Bride (1994)
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Riyo
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Kanzaki
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Kana
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Matsuji
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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. Written by <raq@netcom.com>
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hawaii | japanese | japanese in hawaii | death | older husband younger wife |Taglines:
Hawaii, 1918. She left Japan for a man she had never met, in a new world she couldn't imagine... America.Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
5 May 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Picture Bride See more »Filming Locations:
Waialua, O'ahu, Hawaii, USABox Office
Gross:
$1,238,905 (USA)Company Credits
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Kanzaki: [drunkenly] Kana too good for me. Every time she looks at me with those tired eyes, she makes me so mad. I feel like a failure.
Matsuji: I don't deserve Riyo, either. If we had stayed in Japan, we would still be miserable millet and barley farmers.
Kanzaki: [hitting Matsuji playfully] What kind of Japanese are you, to say that?
Matsuji: [laughing] I AM Japanese!
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Originally scheduled to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1994 but was withdrawn at the filmmakers' request and instead premiered the following year. See more »Quotes
Matsuji: You're so lucky you got a nice country wife.Kanzaki: [drunkenly] Kana too good for me. Every time she looks at me with those tired eyes, she makes me so mad. I feel like a failure.
Matsuji: I don't deserve Riyo, either. If we had stayed in Japan, we would still be miserable millet and barley farmers.
Kanzaki: [hitting Matsuji playfully] What kind of Japanese are you, to say that?
Matsuji: [laughing] I AM Japanese!
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The first time I saw PICTURE BRIDE, I felt a bit let down, feeling the story was a bit commonplace. Also, being from Hawaii, I felt the petty impulse to begrudge the few (very few) slightly misleading geographical and historical moments in the film. Now, five years later, I like the movie better. Its cinematography is beautiful, and if the plot is sometimes predictable, it's still handled sensitively. The film leaves you with a strong sense of a time and setting that no longer exists.