When her visa expires, a young Japanese immigrant in San Francisco agrees to marry a Japanese-American boy to avoid being deported back to Japan.
Acting
Minako Ohashi's guarded vulnerability — she carries the whole film
Direction
Okazaki's documentary eye brings raw authenticity to fiction
Production
Genuine Japantown locations, not Hollywood fake San Francisco
Director
Steven Okazaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Extremely rare for 1987: actual Japanese actors playing Japanese characters, directed by a Japanese-American filmmaker outside studio system.
Steven Okazaki later won an Oscar for documentary short 'Days of Waiting' — this was his only narrative feature.
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