The Bride from Japan (1959)
Original title: 花嫁さんは世界一
The Bride from Japan is a 1959 Japanese-language romance movie directed by Kaneto Shindō, with a running time of 1h 30m. It stars Frankie Sakai, Izumi Yukimura and Nobuko Otowa.
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.
Cast
- Frankie Sakai as Taro Fujikawa
- Izumi Yukimura as Kimiko Ishikawa
- Nobuko Otowa as Ashiya Midori
- Chieko Takehisa as Taro's mother
- Keiko Tanaka as Taro's sister, Yoshiko
- Chie Iwasaki as Taro's sister, Sumie
- Koreya Senda as Kimiko's father
- Etsuko Okumura as Mieko Yamabe
- Eijirō Tōno as Mieko's father
- Mineko Yorozuyo as Mieko's mother
- Utako Shibusawa as Mieko's sister, Mayumi
- Imari Tsuji as Mieko's sister, Tamiko