Picture Bride (1995)
May 5, 1995Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Youki Kudoh
Riyo
Akira Takayama
Matsuji
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Kanzaki
Tamlyn Tomita
Kana
Yōko Sugi
Aunt Sode
Christianne Mays
Miss Pieper
Warren Fabro
Felipe
Toshirō Mifune
The Benshi
Nina Blake
Associate Producer
Glenn Cannon
Mer. Pieper
Robert Komatsu
First Assistant Editor
Kayo Hatta
Director
Archie Ahuna
Special Effects
Paul Mayersohn
Co-Executive Producer
Mari Hatta
Writer
Anna Fishburn
Casting
Diane Mei Lin Mark
Writer
Yumi Takada
Casting
Cindy Stratt
Makeup Artist
Lisa Onodera
Producer
Mark Adler
Composer
Colin C.L. Fong
Stunt Coordinator
Claudio Rocha
Cinematographer
Dana Satler Hankins
Line Producer
Mallory Gottlieb
Editor
Lynzee Klingman
Editor
Janet Holman
Script Supervisor
Jake Eberle
Sound Design Assistant
Angela Robinson
Script Supervisor
Paul Guncheon
ProductionDesigner
Irish Barber
Script Supervisor / Grip
Jonathan Miller
Sound Designer
Marilyn Carrera Killeri
Production Coordinator
Mary F. Jansen
Post Production Supervisor
Lois Freeman-Fox
Additional Editing
Gordon Antell
First Assistant Editor
Karen Kodner
Unit Publicist
John Reynolds
Boom Operator
Newton Koshi
Hair Department Head
Bob Johnson
Gaffer
Eleanor R. Nakama
Associate Producer
Yuki Sakamura
Unit Publicist
Ada Akaji
Costume Design
Susan Moore-Chong
Sound Mixer
Kolo Barber
Grip
Joanie Diener
Music Editor
Mike van Arkel
Special Effects
Ray Morfino
Color Timer
Mike Weisbrod
First Assistant Camera
Bruce Westcott
Post Production Assistant
Shell Dalzell
Construction Coordinator
Michael Pacciorini
Assistant Costume Designer
Summer Banner
Script Supervisor
Bryan D. Furer
Makeup Department Head
Chantal Boom'la
Hairstylist
Dave Sullivan
Gaffer
Francis Badzey
Post Production Assistant
Renee Confair
Location Scout
Hugh Waddell
Dialogue Editor
Marilyn McCoppen
ADR Editor
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Dialogue Editor
Barbara McBane
Dialogue Editor
Leslie Craig
Property Master
Dan Perri
Title Designer
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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. It follows Riyo, who arrives in Hawaii as a "picture bride" at the turn of the century for a man she has never met before. The story is based on the historical practice, due to U.S. anti-miscegenation laws, of Japanese immigrant laborers in the United States using long-distance matchmakers in their homelands to find wives.
Released by Miramax Films, the film stars Youki Kudoh, Akira Takayama, Tamlyn Tomita, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, with a special appearance by Toshiro Mifune in his penultimate film role. Picture Bride premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for narrative dramatic feature film. Considered a landmark Asian American work, the film was an Official Selection at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section and received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature.