Picture Bride (film) Quotes

Picture Bride (film) is a TV show that was first aired in 1970 . Picture Bride stopped airing in 1970.

It features Diane Mark and Lisa Onodera as producer, Cliff Eidelman in charge of musical score, and Claudio Rocha as head of cinematography.

Picture Bride (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Picture Bride (film) is 95 minutes long. Picture Bride (film) is distributed by Miramax.

The cast includes: Youki Kudoh as Riyo, Yôko Sugi as Aunt Sode, Akira Takayama as Matsuji, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Kanzaki, Tamlyn Tomita as Kana, and Christianne Mays as Miss Pieper.

Picture Bride (film) Quotes

Christianne Mays as Miss Pieper

• (Christianne Mays) "Kana, how is everything with your husband?"
• (Tamlyn Tomita) "Good day, Miss Pieper."

Youki Kudoh as Riyo

• (Youki Kudoh) "Sometimes, even now, when the winds are blowing real hard I think can hear Kana singing. But the singing is not Kana. It's the voice of my daughter singing her daughter to sleep. But when I close my eyes, I can still see the moon lighting up the cane fields, like the ocean that carried me home -- to Hawaii."

• (Youki Kudoh) "This can't be right. There should be more. I worked so hard --"
• (Akira Takayama) "Let's see."
• (Akira Takayama) "No, it's all there. 65 cents a day minus things you buy at the plantation store. That comes to eleven dollars for the month. See, going back to Japan isn't as easy as you thought."

• (Youki Kudoh) "What was that sound just now. I've heard it before."
• (Tamlyn Tomita) "People say Tanafochi, the Wind God, her voice sounds like the wind."

• (Youki Kudoh) "Did you tell the matchmaker about my parents?"
• (Yôko Sugi) "You mean, how they died? Of course not."
• (Yôko Sugi) "Matsuji is such a handsome man. He doesn't look like a sugar cane farmer."
• (Youki Kudoh) "When the mist covers the mountains, I'm reminded of the homeland. Yet, in this South Seas paradise, money is earned with ease, and the eternal fragrance of flowers is but another tropical blessing. In anticipation of your arrival, I'm inspired to write this haiku poem: "Lady Butterfly perfumes her wings by floating over this orchid.""
• (Yôko Sugi) "I'm worried about you working in the fields, but at least in Hawaii no one will no anything about yur past. That's why it's perfect. Far away, you can leave your past behind and start all over again. Riyo, maybe your luck is changing."

• (Youki Kudoh) "When we arrived in Honolulu, someone said that there were real diamonds on Diamond Head volcano, and that we would all get rich."
• (Tamlyn Tomita) "You believe?"
• (Youki Kudoh) "No."

Akira Takayama as Matsuji

• (Akira Takayama) "You're so lucky you got a nice country wife."
• (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) "Kana too good for me. Every time she looks at me with those tired eyes, she makes me so mad. I feel like a failure."
• (Akira Takayama) "I don't deserve Riyo, either. If we had stayed in Japan, we would still be miserable millet and barley farmers."
• (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) "What kind of Japanese are you, to say that?"
• (Akira Takayama) "I AM Japanese."

• (Akira Takayama) "I shouldn't have sent that old photo of myself."
• (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) "Hey, you took a gamble. Besides, if you hadn't sent it, you might still be alone, eh?"

• (Akira Takayama) "Croquettes, again? City food. Why didn't you just marry a city boy?"

Tamlyn Tomita as Kana

• (Tamlyn Tomita) "The first time I get off the boat, I see Kanzaki. I think, "Ooh. He's so handsome. How I get this kind handsome man? More better than picture." All the other brides look at us, tell me "Lucky." He act so nice, so kind. I think I'm in paradise."
• (Youki Kudoh) "Why Kanzak-san change?"
• (Tamlyn Tomita) "I don't know. But my, he get mean."

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