“Picture Bride” slowly but artfully depicts a quick marriage and the long courtship that follows, set against the cruel beauties of Hawaii after World War I. The real triumph of this $500,000 ...
Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her ...