The bride's secret

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Movie
German title The bride's secret
Original title Picture Bride
Country of production USA , Japan
original language English
Publishing year 1994
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Kayo Hatta
script Kayo Hatta, Mari Hatta
production Lisa Onodera
music Mark Adler
camera Claudio Rocha
cut Mallory Gottlieb ,
Lynzee Klingman
occupation

The Secret of the Bride (Original Title: Picture Bride ) is an American - Japanese drama from 1994 . It was directed by Kayo Hatta , who also co-wrote the script.

action

The action takes place in Hawaii in 1918 . Relatives send 16-year-old Riyo from Yokohama to the United States, where she is supposed to marry farm worker Matsuji, who is only seen in one photo. Her aunt and uncle claim all women who have done it before are happy.

Riyo discovers that the familiar photo of her fiancé is 15 years old, but she marries him anyway. The bride refuses to sleep with Matsuji. Riyo wants to save money to return to Japan . Matsuji tells her that in time she will forget about Japan. Riyo befriends Kana, who gives Matsuji advice on how to treat his wife.

Kana and her daughter die in an accident. Riyo and Matsuji are more open with each other, they talk about their families. One day - a long time after the wedding - Riyo sleeps with her husband. The next day she works on the plantation and sings.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film realistically shows the situation in Hawaii at the beginning of the 20th century. It seems neither artificial nor melodramatic, but more like a documentary. The development of the characters is inconsistent - one can understand their motives, but not identify with them.

Awards

Kayo Hatta was nominated for the Palme d'Or in 1994 . It was in 1995 for the Grand Jury Prize of the Sundance Film Festival nominated and won the audience award of the festival.

The film was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in 1996. He received a Special Award from the Political Film Society Awards in 1996 and was nominated for the Political Film Society Award for Human Rights and the Political Film Society Award for Peace .

backgrounds

Between 1907 and 1924 around 20,000 women from Japan, Korea and other Asian countries came to Hawaii to marry men they only knew from the photos. The director devoted five years to researching the events. The short film, planned as a thesis at the University of California, Los Angeles , became the larger project.

The film was in Waialua ( Hawaii turned). Its world premiere took place in May 1994 at the Cannes International Film Festival and in January 1995 it was screened at the Sundance Film Festival . On 5 May 1995, he was released in the USA, in which he about 1.24 million US dollars grossed.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Film review by James Berardinelli , accessed April 3, 2008
  2. ↑ Kayo Hatta's biography in the IMDb , accessed June 20, 2009
  3. ↑ Filming locations for Picture Bride , accessed April 3, 2008
  4. ↑ Picture Bride premiere dates , accessed April 3, 2008
  5. ↑ Picture Bride box office results , accessed April 3, 2008