Picture Bride (1995)
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.
Genres: Drama, History, Romance
Keywords: tmdb.hawaii, tmdb.arranged-marriage, tmdb.cultural-difference, tmdb.orphan, tmdb.older-man-younger-woman-relationship, tmdb.woman-director, imdb.f-rated + 64 more, imdb.japanese-in-hawaii, imdb.loveless-marriage, imdb.katana-sword, imdb.hawaii, imdb.death, imdb.japanese-american, imdb.arranged-marriage, imdb.asian-american, imdb.independent-film, mdblist.fresh, imdb.japan, imdb.yokohama-japan, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.japanese, imdb.japanese-culture, soundmix.dolby, aspectratio.1-85-1, imdb.older-man-teenage-gurl-relationship, imdb.song, imdb.singer, imdb.ethnicity, imdb.reference-to-tuberculosis, imdb.tragic-event, imdb.money, imdb.based-on-real-life-event, imdb.watching-a-movie-outdoors, imdb.wife-refuses-to-consumate-her-marriage, imdb.photograph, imdb.unhappiness, imdb.cultural-difference, imdb.director-co-writer, imdb.singing, imdb.watching-a-silent-movie, imdb.female-friendship, imdb.stubbornness, imdb.dead-parents, imdb.cameo-appearance, imdb.benshi, imdb.man-narrates-a-silent-movie, imdb.saving-money-to-return-home, imdb.female-sugar-cane-worker, imdb.tradition, imdb.watching-a-movie, imdb.17-year-old, imdb.racism, imdb.religion, imdb.year-1918, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.immigrant, imdb.based-on-real-people, imdb.sugar-plantation, imdb.sugar-cane-worker, imdb.picture-bride, imdb.colonialism, imdb.injustice, imdb.17-year-old-girl, imdb.watching-a-samurai-movie, imdb.voice-over-narration, imdb.older-husband-younger-wife-relationship, imdb.ethno-cultural, imdb.japanese-immigrant, imdb.title-co-written-by-real-life-sisters, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, awards.festival-sundance-winner
Watch Providers: Hoopla
Production Companies: Cecile Company, Thousand Cranes Filmworks
Country: United States
Production Countries:
Japan,
United States
Languages:
Japanese,
English,
Tagalog
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