“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 ...

Kayo Hatta, who co-wrote and directed “Picture Bride,” an award-winning film about a young Japanese woman’s struggle to adjust to an arranged marriage and the hardships of Hawaii plantation life, has ...