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A beautiful Japanese young woman goes to Hawaii to marry a man she knows only through his picture. Although she is disappointed when he turns out to be older than his picture led her to believe, she finds that life in this new land is more exciting and satisfying than she expected.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Miramax Films, Thousand Cranes Filmworks, Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Kudoh, Youki, 1971-, Takayama, Akira, Tomita, Tomlyn, Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Onodera, Lisa (Producer), Hatta, Kayo, 1958-2005 (Director, Screenwriter), Hatta, Mari (Screenwriter)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Japanese
Language Notes:In English and Japanese with English subtitles; closed captioned.
Published: [Santa Monica, California] : Lions Gate, 2011.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Japanese Americans > Drama.
Arranged marriage > Drama.
Hawaii > Drama.
Arranged marriage.
Japanese Americans.
Man-woman relationships.
Hawaii.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Description
Summary:A beautiful Japanese young woman goes to Hawaii to marry a man she knows only through his picture. Although she is disappointed when he turns out to be older than his picture led her to believe, she finds that life in this new land is more exciting and satisfying than she expected.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
Features: commentary track with Kayo Hatta, The picture bride journey featurette, "Picture bride" sung by Youki Kudoh.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, Dolby digital.
Awards:Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Claudio Rocha ; production design, Paul Guncheon ; editors, Lynzee Kungman, Mallory Gottlieb ; music, Mark Adler.