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Yoshiko Uchida's novel, titled Picture Bride (1987), tells the story of a fictional Japanese woman named Hana Omiya, a picture bride sent to live with her new husband in Oakland, California in 1917. The novel also focuses on her experiences in a Japanese internment camp in 1943.
Picture Bride is a 1995 American Japanese-language feature-length independent film directed by Kayo Hatta from a screenplay co-written with Mari Hatta, and co-produced by Diane Mei Lin Mark and Lisa Onodera.
Learn about the system of picture brides, where Japanese women married American men based on photos, and the challenges they faced in the United States. Explore the image of newly arrived picture brides at Angel Island and the related curriculum resources.
May 19, 1995 · Based on true stories, the film follows Riyo, a young woman who travels from Japan to Hawaii to marry a man she has never met. She faces hardship, culture shock, and romance in this historical drama directed by Kayo Hatta.
May 5, 1995 · Riyo, a 16-year-old girl, travels to Hawaii in 1918 to marry a man she has never met through photos and letters. She faces hardship, struggle and joy in her new life and culture.
Nov 4, 2021 · The film tells the story of a Japanese girl who marries a man she met through a photo in Hawaii in 1918. It was praised by critics and won awards, but the director never made another feature before her death in 2005.
May 27, 2014 · The term picture bride refers to a practice in the early twentieth century by immigrant workers who married women on the recommendation of a matchmaker who exchanged photographs between the prospective bride and groom.
