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Picture Bride

 

Japan / USA 1994, 95 minutes
Dir. Kayo Hatta
In Japanese, English with English subtitles
Genres: Drama

Topics: Period - 1910s.

 

Aroview: A young Japanese woman emigrates to Hawaii as a 'picture bride', but finds it less than paradise - firstly misled by a photograph taken during her husband-to-be's long-lost youth. Historical pageant set in 1918 addresses themes of patriarchal servitude and pioneering hardship in congenial tones.

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