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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
Other Authors: Hatta, Kayo, 1958-2005 (Screenwriter, Director), Onodera, Lisa, 1961- (Producer), Hatta, Mari (Screenwriter), Kudoh, Youki, 1971- (Actor), Takayama, Akira (Actor) (Actor), Tomita, Tamlyn (Actor), Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki (Actor), Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 (Actor), Sugi, Yōko, 1928-2019 (Actor), Adler, Mark (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Japanese
Language Notes:In English and Japanese with English subtitles.
Published: [Burbank, Calif.] : Miramax Films, [1994]
Subjects:
Mail order brides > Drama.
Arranged marriage > Drama.
Japanese Americans > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Hawaii > Drama.
Arranged marriage.
Japanese Americans.
Mail order brides.
Man-woman relationships.
Hawaii.
Webcast
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Internet videos.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Films de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
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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 1994.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (95 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:Rated PG-13.
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.