The Bride from Japan (1959)
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.
Director: Kaneto Shindō
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Frankie Sakai as Taro Fujikawa |
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Izumi Yukimura as Kimiko Ishikawa |
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Nobuko Otowa as Ashiya Midori |
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Chieko Takehisa as Taro's mother |
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Keiko Tanaka as Taro's sister, Yoshiko |
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Chie Iwasaki as Taro's sister, Sumie |
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Koreya Senda as Kimiko's father |
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Etsuko Okumura as Mieko Yamabe |
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Eijirō Tōno as Mieko's father |
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Mineko Yorozuyo as Mieko's mother |
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Utako Shibusawa as Mieko's sister, Mayumi |
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Imari Tsuji as Mieko's sister, Tamiko |
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Akira Tani as Yoshida |
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Kumi Mizuno as Hatsue Taniguchi |
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Meichō Soganoya as Hatsue's father |
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Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Hatsue's mother |
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Toyo Takahashi as |
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Yū Fujiki as |
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Eitarō Ozawa as |
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Kichijirō Ueda as |
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Michino Yokoyama as |
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Kanbi Fujiyama as |
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Bin Amatsu as |
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Torahiko Hamada as |
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Zeko Nakamura as |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Writer |
| Camera | Seiichi Endo | Director of Photography |
| Art | Takashi Marumo | Production Design |
| Sound | Kenjiro Hirose | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Kaneto Shindō | Director |