January 1, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
PICTURE BRIDE STORIES By Barbara F. Kawakami (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2016, 408 pp., $39.99, cloth) “Soto Kimura’s story is typical of the stories of early Issei women. They […] READ MORE
October 15, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
More than 100 community members gathered at New People Cinema in San Francisco’s Japantown Sept. 25 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kayo Hatta’s groundbreaking film “Picture Bride.” According to […] READ MORE
September 3, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
The Nichi Bei Foundation will present two screenings of late director Kayo Hatta’s groundbreaking and award-winning film, “Picture Bride,” on Japanese immigrants (Issei) Friday, Sept. 25 at New People Cinema, […] READ MORE
October 14, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
This overview article starts off a series of portraits from a whole class of “unknown greats”: Issei women. Of all the ethnic Japanese in the United States in the first […] READ MORE