Japanese War Bride
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Japanese War Bride is a 1952
motion picture drama directed by King Vidor
. The film marked the American debut of Shirley Yamaguchi in the title role.
veteran, Jim Sterling (Don Taylor
), who returns to his California home with his Japanese wife. The couple had met and fallen in love in a Japanese hospital where Tae Shimizu (Shirley Yamaguchi) was working as a nurse. Back in America, the two face racism and bigotry from their neighbours and family, particularly their sister-in-law, Fran (Marie Windsor
).
1952 in film
The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City....
motion picture drama directed by King Vidor
King Vidor
King Wallis Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades...
. The film marked the American debut of Shirley Yamaguchi in the title role.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of a wounded Korean WarKorean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
veteran, Jim Sterling (Don Taylor
Don Taylor (actor)
Don Taylor was an American movie actor and director best known for his performances in 1950s classics like Stalag 17 and Father of the Bride and the 1948 film noir The Naked City...
), who returns to his California home with his Japanese wife. The couple had met and fallen in love in a Japanese hospital where Tae Shimizu (Shirley Yamaguchi) was working as a nurse. Back in America, the two face racism and bigotry from their neighbours and family, particularly their sister-in-law, Fran (Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor . Born as Emily Marie Bertelson in Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, Windsor was an actress known as "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many film noirs and B-movies like Cat-Women of the Moon...
).
Principal cast
- Shirley Yamaguchi - Tae Shimizu, a nurse, wife to Jim Sterling
- Don TaylorDon Taylor (actor)Don Taylor was an American movie actor and director best known for his performances in 1950s classics like Stalag 17 and Father of the Bride and the 1948 film noir The Naked City...
- Captain Jim Sterling, GI in the Korean War - Cameron MitchellCameron Mitchell (actor)Cameron Mitchell was an American film, television and Broadway actor with close ties to one of Canada's most successful families, and considered, by Lee Strasberg, to be one of the founding members of The Actor's Studio in New York City.-Early life and career:Born Cameron MacDowell Mitzel in...
- Art Sterling, Jim's younger brother - Marie WindsorMarie WindsorMarie Windsor . Born as Emily Marie Bertelson in Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, Windsor was an actress known as "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many film noirs and B-movies like Cat-Women of the Moon...
- Fran Sterling, Art's wife - James Bell - Ed Sterling, Jim's father
- Louise Lorimer - Harriet Sterling, Jim's mother
- Philip Ahn - Eitaro Shimizu, Tae's grandfather
- Lane Nakano - Shiro Hasagawa, the Sterlings' Japanese-American neighbour
- May Takasugi - Emma Hasagawa, Shiro's wife
- Sybil Merritt - Emily Shafer, a local girl
- Orley Lindgren - Ted Sterling, Jim's brother
- George WallaceGeorge D. WallaceGeorge Dewey Wallace was an American stage and screen actor.Wallace co-starred with Mary Martin in the Broadway musical Jennie and was nominated for a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for playing the male lead in New Girl in Town opposite Gwen Verdon...
- Woody Blacker, a friend of Jim Sterling - Kathleen Mulqueen - Mrs. Milly Shafer, a friend of Harriet Sterling