‘Picture Bride’ Benefit Screening on May 2
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The Los Angeles premiere of the film “Picture Bride” will be held May 2 at 7:30 p.m. It will benefit Visual Communications and the Japanese American National Museum and be screened at the Directors Guild of American Theatre, 7920 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood.
Shot in the sugar-cane fields of Hawaii, “Picture Bride” stars Youki Kudoh as a young Japanese woman who arrives in Hawaii to face the hardships of plantation life and wed a man (Akira Takayama) who bears little resemblance to his photograph.
Also in the movie are Tamlyn Tomita and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Legendary actor Toshiro Mifune makes a cameo appearance.
The recipient of the Audience Award for Best Dramatic Film at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, “Picture Bride” was directed by Kayo Hatta, who drew on personal stories of surviving picture brides to authenticate her story.
Tickets for the benefit, held in cooperation with Miramax Films, are $50.
Information: (213) 625-0414.
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