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The Bride from Japan

Kaneto Shindō

1959 • 1h 30m

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

The Bride from Japan

Cast

Frankie Sakai

Frankie SakaiTaro Fujikawa

Izumi Yukimura

Izumi YukimuraKimiko Ishikawa

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko OtowaAshiya Midori

Chieko Takehisa

Chieko TakehisaTaro's mother

Keiko TanakaTaro's sister, Yoshiko

Chie IwasakiTaro's sister, Sumie

Koreya Senda

Koreya SendaKimiko's father

Etsuko OkumuraMieko Yamabe

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō TōnoMieko's father

Mineko YorozuyoMieko's mother

Utako Shibusawa

Utako ShibusawaMieko's sister, Mayumi

Imari TsujiMieko's sister, Tamiko

Akira TaniYoshida

Kumi Mizuno

Kumi MizunoHatsue Taniguchi

Meichō Soganoya

Meichō SoganoyaHatsue's father

Crew

Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto ShindōWriter

Kenjiro Hirose

Kenjiro HiroseOriginal Music Composer

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