The Bride from Japan

Name: The Bride from Japan
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Released: 1959-11-22
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Frankie Sakai, Izumi Yukimura, Nobuko Otowa, Chieko Takehisa, Keiko Tanaka

November 22, 1959
Directed by
Kaneto Shindō

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

language Japanese

Last Updated: January 2, 2026

Cast

Frankie Sakai

Taro Fujikawa

Izumi Yukimura

Kimiko Ishikawa

Nobuko Otowa

Ashiya Midori

Chieko Takehisa

Taro's mother

Keiko Tanaka

Taro's sister, Yoshiko

Chie Iwasaki

Taro's sister, Sumie

Koreya Senda

Kimiko's father

Etsuko Okumura

Mieko Yamabe

Eijirō Tōno

Mieko's father

Mineko Yorozuyo

Mieko's mother

Utako Shibusawa

Mieko's sister, Mayumi

Imari Tsuji

Mieko's sister, Tamiko

Akira Tani

Yoshida

Kumi Mizuno

Hatsue Taniguchi

Meichō Soganoya

Hatsue's father