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Miwako hâve a Greta husbang.shehave a soul andnature.i remembré myself60years agi.and miwakosama no okimochi ga yokuwakarimosu.thank you for loyelystoly mnch appreciated.yoshiko 🐰☺
While serving in Japan after WWII, my father adopted a Japanese orphan. And thanks to that, I have a wonderful Japanese sister. Life is good when people love instead of hate.
As a Japanese woman who married American and moved to America two months ago,I really respect all Japanese wife in America in this era. I can imagine how much they had struggled in new cultures and how much they missed Japan.
I’m Asian American and I have always love stories of interracial relationships/marriages. Some are good, some aren’t so good but still, I think it’s such a beautiful thing when two people from different cultures, with different lifestyles and speaking different languages… yet somehow they managed to make it work. Not to mention their children will grow up with two cultures. What can be more beautiful than that.
My Aunt Miyoko came over just two years after this little film was made and she also had to endure the loneliness of being so far away from her family in Japan during the pre-Internet days and insanely expensive phone rates for international calls. She used to tell me some Americans despised her since it was so soon after WWII and there was still a lot of resentment by some people. Fortunately, most people saw her for the kind and wonderful woman she was and she became a mother to two wonderful kids. BTW, she also had a really hard time with the phone for the first few years but my uncle didn't consider her a disappointment : D
This was so delightful to watch. My father is from New York and my mother is from the Philippines. My mother had similar experiences. Although at first things didn't go as smoothly as in the video, they're still going strong 25 years later. It's hard to live in such a different culture but I guess love got them through it
I have a massive respect for anyone who can make a cross-cultural relationship work -- especially in situations like this. It is supremely difficult and takes massive understanding on all parts. Love is love, though.
Its not too hard being kind and polite is universal amongst all cultures. Just don't put salt/pepper on a meal a Japanese woman cooks for you. They freak! 😊
@@HawkGTboy As are common US overall divorce rates. But its usually the hakujin and kokujin corneaters that initiate the divorce for the vaunted cash and prizes. In a marriage w a JN woman, its usually the lower rank/education GI or ex GI that initiates the break up due to lack of intestinal fortitude vs. often zenophobic Western attitudes. Most guys I know that hung in there with Japanese women, myself included, found themselves to be extremely well to do financially, due to a Japanese woman's frugality and forethought in financial matters, my friend. ^_^
I thought that this was one of those military movies where they had actors play the parts but these two played themselves. What a wonderful story. Kudos, you two.
About her not answering the telephone: something that my mom (who has learned many languages) told me is that one of the hardest things to do in a foreign language is to talk on the phone. Even people who think that they're fluent have a hard time talking on the phone in another language. Most communication is done non-verbally, and not just tone of voice or enunciation; but things like body language, eye contact, facial expressions, and so on. Even native speakers like myself have a hard time talking on the phone because there's no face to focus on. I try to talk on the phone as little as I can, especially when dealing with an office where I want someone to do something for me. Just so you know.
Emma Popovic-Bogdanich I’ve been there it’s intimidating to say the least. I was so embarrassed that I had to start speaking English. You’re right it’s so different on the phone.
Very true. I lived in Japan for ten years and noticed this myself. I realized that I was fluent at the language when I spoke with a man on the phone once for several minutes and it was only when I gave him my name that he realized that I was not a fellow Japanese.
it's true. this is a particular kind of skill, like learning to talk online in a new language or dating in a foreign culture. each place has different rules for this stuff and it's even more impossible if your language skill isn't high
I'm an Irish-American who lived ten years in Japan. I met my Japanese bride in a little town called Ushiku in the early 90s. My wife's father forbade her to marry a foreign barbarian and refused to meet me until we'd been married several years and our son was a year old. My mother-in-law was understanding and my sister-in-law has always been friendly, but it took a long while for my father-in-law to come around.
I got married with Japanese last year and i've been welcomed into their family really well. Only her grandmother from father's side was bit against it.
This is a very charming story. The Japanese war brides didn't have it as easy as the generations of Japanese brides that came after them. God bless the adventurous couples that bridged the cultures and helped our world overcome the animosity and hatred of a war that hurt people in every corner of the globe for the ambitions of a few greedy and power-hungry men.
I can't even imagine. My mom had it hard in 1960s Texas and she was white and married a white guy. My dad's family is from Spain and he was a 5th-generation American. Since my dad is of Spanish descent, anybody that heard her married name out on the town just assumed that my mom married a Mexican and boy did they treat her like crap. It's been over 50 years and she still talks about how much she hated Texas because they were so bad to her.
A dear friend of our family was a Japanese war bride here in San Antonio. She just passed away at 88. She and her husband did not stay together but they had two great kids. And after the divorce in the late 50’s she opened a Japanese restaurant. NIKI’s is in the original location on Hildebrand (we ate there Saturday!) Niki made it work despite the ,language problem because her food was and is the best Japanese food one can eat! Her son Patrick has been hands on for many years. The atmosphere is family. Indeed, one of the staff frequented there in uterio (her Mom worked there and still does) and now so does the hound woman! We have been going since she opened! Come to SA and enjoy the sushi or a fine cooked meal! In its own way, it still ends happily ever after.... Thank you, Niki. We love you! 🍣
@Robin Holbrook I once met a Chinese woman at her restaurant in Clinton, Oklahoma, while working out that way. She said that she was originally from Guangdong and had moved to western Oklahoma with her American husband. She said that as a city girl herself she had hated the barren landscape and the boring rural life at first, but after raising her children and burying her husband there, it was now her hometown and she would never want to leave it. She said that she was won over by how friendly and accepting Americans are. (Luckily for our country's reputation, she didn't live around snobby New Yorkers or idiotic Californians.)
@@contumacious5506 YES! I got goosebumps reading your note! THANK HEAVENS these beautiful people were welcomed into this country to add to the rich cultural tapestry that has been woven! They both have been here just about as long as my family! Mine comes from Ireland, Switzerland, and Russia. So, right here, in this little story, without counting you, we have Irish Catholic, Swiss Catholic, Russian Jew, and Japanese Buddhist! Ain’t it BEA! BTW: if you like to read...SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS will haunt you forever. And yes, it is about the Japanese in the US during WWII. Sometimes the civilized are NOT!
@Contumacious oh stop, most Californians are nice. Pretty dumb to judge an entire state by one city too. I grew up in upstate new york and they were some of the friendliest people ever. Most people are fine even in NYC if you can get them to slow down. Its funny, youre judging a lot of people pretty hard but you're not exactly making yourself look like a good person either.
Miwako was very lucky indeed because her American husband was kind and warm-hearted and she was welcomed by his American family and relatives. During the immediate period after World War II, many Japanese wives, who were called war bribes, were often discriminated in the United States partly because anti-Japanese sentiments were strongly remained among Americans and partly because of their color of skin. Racism was quite common in the United States at that time.
I drove a city bus in California and would on occasion drive a charter and pick up people from the airport and other points around Southern California from other countries. Japanese, Russian, French etc. What I remember is how gracious they all were and would often give me souvenirs from their countries which I valued more then a tip. I picked up some Russian men and women who worked on a ship. One of the gentleman gave me a Russian dollar that had Lenin's face on it, and a Japanese lady gave me small wooden wind chime.
Walter and Miwako are real persons and as I could find out online they had a happy and fulfilled life together with 2 daughters and Grandchildren! There is or was a exhibition on the Denver Art museum about their Bamboo creations! Their daughters are Tina Chow and Adelle Lutz and their Granddaughter China Chow is gorgeous as well! Walter died 2010, if Mona Miwako is still alive I couldn’t find out! But they lived obviously so full of love for each other like they do in the wonderful movie! 💖🥹
I read that their daughter (the fashion model) died of AIDS only at 40 something while back. It’s unfortunate that the daughter married that crazy Chow guy who married 5 times the last one several decades younger. Another daughter turned out normal. It shows that who you marry matters really. One died so young of terrible disease lonely (he remarried the year she died 😮). The best thing is a normal happy life. Not of fame but stable loving family life.
OMG, comments section ftw! I had no idea this couple were the parents of fashion royalty ☕ Their daughter was a very glamorous, gorgeous 80's supermodel and socialite who tragically died of AIDS at a young age. Tina's daughter China was an actress and Hollywood It-girl of the late 90s and early 2000s. I remember she was in the movie "The Big Hit" with Mark Wahlberg and they dated for a while iirc. I think she's married to Billy Idol. Very talented family!
What a nice portrayal of what people are capable of as individuals .One of my earliest memories are of a Bonsaii tree that my Mother brought back from Japan in the early 1930's, we also had a Hiroshige Print called "The Firewatchers" which was in a bamboo frame. I could look at that little tree for hours and was fascinated about how old and small at the same time it was. My Grand Parents were in Honolulu on the 7th of December. I have a first hand account of the attack written by both of them and what it was like afterwards. My Grandfather's business was supplying auto parts to Asia and the Philippines and the Western U.S. That little tree was so cool but sadly it has dissapeared like so many things do. I am 65 now but hope to go to Japan someday, maybe buy a Bonsaii Tree if they are still around?
they certainly are many bonsaii around. there are also many places in america that do them. use that google machine, there might be a place in a nearby city.
I am sure her English was much better than his Japanese. Not to worry, she will have total control over him very shortly. And, he must turn over every penny he earns to her. She will control the finances.
@@kaleoarnold3709 Dude, couldn’t he have married a girl from his high school? A high school girl speaks his language, has the same faith, the children will look like him. His Japanese wife will miss Japan and her family. The cultural differences will cause misunderstandings. Great suffering for both ahead.
I didn't want to watch it all the way to the end for fear of things ending badly, but was very happy when all ended well. What a beautiful little film! They don't make them like this anymore.
I am Japanese. This woman is probably the same age as my mother. It was an interesting video. The English lines were English that even Japanese people who are not good at English can understand if they are junior high school students. It was less complicated than the English in the movies.
Thank you so much for sharing this film. I have been teaching ESL for the past 18 years, and what you show in this film is what all people go through when they immigrate to a foreign country. Home sickness and culture shock come with the territory. No matter how well prepared you think you are, culture shock is part of the expat experience. This woman was very lucky that she had a loving and supportive husband to help ease her transition.
Yes it’s an interesting experience being an immigrant although I was really an expat in South Korea for 6 years. Still I made a life for myself there and I didn’t want to return to Australia.
I married my German wife in 1979 while serving in the U.S. Army over Germany. Her transition into American culture was made much easier because I still had 12 years left to complete my military career. We are still going strong together and she finally became a U.S. citizen in 2019 after almost 40 years with a green card.😊
My old boyfriends brother married a Vietnamese woman, and she was very nice and pretty. They had two kids and they were very smart kids.. He met her when stationed in Vietnam during the early 1970's.
@@MrCouchmen some soldiers met them while serving there, and married them.. But lots of South Vietnamese fled, and married Americans when they came to America.. He fell in love with her when she worked for the Americans over there.
What I understand is if your old boyfriend's bother didn't marry a Vietnamese woman, his children wouldn't be very smart. In another word, Offsprings from his family bloodline should not be smart.
I worked with a Vietnam vet. He felt that American men took unfair advantage of the docile nature of many Vietnamese brides. Maybe that was based upon one or two examples however. I don’t know.
@@1sadsexually2sadsexually54 I dont like defending people on the internet with baseless statements but it's not unlikely that someone could be related and uses the internet.
I remember growing up in the fifties , I was only a child but their was a Japanese war bride living on our block . I heard and saw what the other mothers were saying and the sideway glances they gave her, but I was really to young to understand exactly . not long after that the lady was gone
@@SelfReflective still, even as someone who is deprived of love and affection one should be able to make a distinction between soldiers and civilians. And even then it’s unfair to put everyone in the same basket. But I am talking to a brick wall at this point.
@@六爷-r7o It kills me as an American that this is true. We really were a country that had a lot of promise and opportunity but we squandered it on racism and corruption. It's sad man.
As soon as I saw this comment I knew there were going to be some people acting as if the US is all too bad to live in.Oh we’ll,I’m disappointed,but not surprised.
@@AnnabelRoss6789 Of the discomfort assimilating w other cultures: .. It's been a journey for us as a nation... We did not become a "global" world until much later. I remember how, even in the 1970s, blacks and whites in America co-existed, mostly. 2 separate cultures side by side. It's hard to comprehend looking back, but things we take for granted today were just not understood then. If one was not living back then, it's really hard to explain. in any way that conveys. That said, there is NEVER reason for disrespect of another human being.
@@AnnabelRoss6789 uh what? Racism exists everywhere...but usa has the same land of opportunity, and equality of opportunity, as it always has.. IF NOT BETTER NOW! It is insane how people in universities and cities look down on minorities... "this minority can not get an ID, or can't succeed," which is not only racist, but dead wrong. USA is the best nation in the world for people of different background to have opportunities! If you move to America..you can BECOME AN AMERICAN! That is not the case in other nations. People born and raised in the USA are all blind to the reality of the nation...the same way a cat lady is "nose blind," to her animals. So dang sad. Yes eruption exists! BUT IN USA, you CAN call it out! You can speak your mind! You can insult and criticize leaders! That is amazing! And not reality everywhere! Even the UK has hate speech laws...and what happens? They are abused and used to stifle free speech. Even comedy isn't safe. Look up "count dankula nazi pug court," he was arrested for a hilarious video...that is insane! We can never ever give up our rights to speech, guns, and assembly and mobility in the USA! The moment you do..rights are trampled on. Same with Australia..they gave up many of their guns and used registrys...and look what has happened their during covid! Literal authoritarianism! People arrested for just socially distancing in a park..people arrested for signing up for a protest...yet not arrested for BLM protest (tbh shouldn't be arrested for either) now we are having more Bill's passed in many provinces to increase the power of their leaders.. it is terrifying! Literal covid quartinene camps! Mass lockdowns were a mistake 100% and we were all fools for allowing 2 weeks to prevent hospitals from being overrun(was never ever meant to stop covid from spreading) ..to years of lockdowns and even curfews in some places. Which have no scientific or medical reasons! We can never ever allow our Gov to ever exploit our fears like this again.. it is like 9/11 Patriot Act..but worse..since on a mass scale..and at every level of government!
(2:04) "Then I had my first look at my new home, Cleveland, Ohio, also known as 'The Mistake on the Lake.' I became very homesick at once. I asked my husband if we could go back to Nagasaki. Despite the destruction and radioactivity, it was still better then Cleveland."
I had a Japanese aunt. My mom and her sisters soon showed her American ways. Their brother was mad! She learned she could walk beside him, sass back, all the good stuff! Turned her into an American girl!
My parents are cross cultured. My mother is from the south of Vietnam and my dad is a New Zealander. They have been married for 20 years. The language barrier was really hard at first, but mum did go to English school to learn. Nowadays my mother's English has approved so much. But my dad's Vietnamese is alright, it's not the best but he tries. All in all, they love each other. Mum remembers the time she met my dad. He was really tall and she decided to hide behind her sister because she was shy and a very small woman. My dad stands at a good 187cm (6'2) while my mum is 148cm (4'10). Even though she was small, she was tough and raised me and my sister really well. This got us into different culture foods, different music etc. I love it and I love my parents.
What a Beautiful Story re A Veteran returning to US with his Beautiful Japanese Wife. Then with perseverance succeeded in starting the Bamboo Carving Business.
I did some research and she is still alive, her husband passed away in 2003. They moved back to Japan in the 1960s, their daughters became famous fashion models Tina Chow and another an actress.
Damn, that must've been hard for her. My own mother was white British who married a G.I. and came to the U.S. in 1946 and she experienced enough discrimination, so I can only imagine what non-Caucasians went through. America was an UGLY place until the 1960s began to loosen up some prejudices. There's still a lot of work to do, but things are much better these days!
16:35 really show Japanese ingenuity. I would have never made anything out of those bamboo sticks. I'd be like, "Hurr Durr, sticks don't fit together. Look, I can make a square if I put them side by side."
I spent much of my tour overseas deliberately avoiding any romantic German girls for a reason this film avoided telling about. Leaving my “ Laney “ behind was a heartbreaking time for both of us. She was only 18 and not ready to leave her home. I had not seen my mom in over two years. So I came home alone on the longest miserable ocean voyage without Laney. The next six months we wrote each other every week as I tried to get back to work in a new job that kept me traveling. I managed to pull off a few trips to Telefunken Radio in Nurnberg, where Laney lived. I could see the stress in her eyes , living without me there. Yes, and I was lonely for her. We discussed her returning with me for a while. Immediately I could see she was not comfortable in America. I took a temp position at Telefunken in her home town. We lived with her family for the interim, it was tough. No one breathed a word about the elephant in the room. Neither one of us was prepared to leave home fir the other. Both of us were too close to our own families. For another year we did visit back and forth in each of our family homes. It was becoming clear this problem could not be solved. As much as I loved Germany, i could not live there. Laney was hard pressed to abandon her brother and mother. AndI had not the guts to force that upon her. We continued to correspond, but I could sense it was falling apart. Laney was a beautiful young lady of 18 so much involved in her life in Germany and was not going to live in America. We amicapbly 30:24 parted, the letters faded of into time and the day came she asked if I minded she date others. With a lump in my throat I understood and said yes.
Heartwarming! There are stories of great love between American soldiers and their Japanese wives however not all were as lucky as Miwako who found a good man and whose family accepted her, I've read of many who faced racism including from the husband's own family.
@@col.cottonhill6655 After the Japanese-Americans proved their loyalty to Uncle Sam, Americans had nothing but respect for them all. They felt ashamed after seeing and hearing the truth of the internment camps and did try to pay reparations by accepting them.
While they didn't face the anger of WWIl like the Japanese, I've read South Korean women who married servicemen or moved to the US sadly had some issues with prejudice also, particularly in the southern states (many there were furious when Truman and Eisenhower opened more immigration from Asia). However, attitudes were beginning to change in the 50s and some were accepted in other areas. Legendary western actor Roy Rogers and his wife Dale Evans Rogers even adopted a young Korean girl.
@@col.cottonhill6655 It isn't too surprising though. Remember that the World War II generation are many of the folks who later enacted civil rights. They were the first generation to really be exposed to other cultures and ethnicities, which probably helped tremendously.
I tell you if my own family refused to accept my lover (if I ever had and if she just so happened to be from one of 4 countries I'd consider as a good place to find a girl in Asia. That being said Japan, South Korea, Philippines, or Vietnam.) I would only then associate with those who can accept her. Those who can't, basically I'd treat them as they deserve to not be my family member. I can say wholeheartedly, majority of my family is open to their other family members (even my Mom and Dad are very much ok with it) if I was to ever meet a girl from another ethnicity (Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia). If I ever find one of my family members being discriminatory toward the girl, I will literally get up and say to them, "I will never see you for the rest of my life and I hope you change one day for the better. This isn't the 40s, 50s and 60s. It's 2022 (onwards). I would also hit them with how ironic they are, my family is Christian, if one has the problem with my dating life. I'd say simply, "We're all children of God and you can't see past the color and you dare call yourself a Christian. Shameful." All things considered, I am open to dating someone from another country as long as they're Christian, their personality is good (no one is perfect) and they speak English, even if it ain't perfect English. As long as it's something I can understand to good extent. Communication is essential in a relationship. A good majority of my family knows I am open to that form of dating. I don't know all their opinions but, from what I am told by my Mom, Dad and brothers who I have absolutely no doubt they're happy with that decision. They told me everyone doesn't seem to have a problem. Then again, I'm 19 years old going on 20. They don't have a say in who I date. Mind you, my family is conservative.
My girlfriend is Indian (I'm American). The fun part is actually learning about each other's culture. We have far more in common than different and that's because every culture and civilization is the same when stripped down.
My wife was from Dublin, so not as different as yours and your girlfriends, but it was tough on her coming here. I can also empathize because I lived in Korea for 3 years where most days I was the only person around who didn't blend in.
I hope every Japanese wives were treated like this. However, many people were treated nicely in the US, I guess. I respect these Japanese people survived and kept looking for their happinesses. Thank you for the video.
@B Z this isn’t just a movie it’s a documentary meaning it’s real story. These people exist/existed in real life. But I didn’t understand what the op meant. Her English doesn’t make sense really.
This film came out the year I was born in Cleveland. I believe the newlyweds' stroll in town took place on Buckeye Road. I almost fell off my chair when I saw "Fisher Market" (which my folks always referred to as "Fisher's A&P) in the background of one of the scenes where the couple is walking. Our house was right around the corner from that market, and my grandparents lived near there, too😀
oh wow .. so I looked them up and one of their daughters adelle lutz was in the movie beetlejuice aside from being an accomplished fashion designer/artist .. you'll recognize the character when you see her .. their other daughter, tina chow, sadly got caught up in the aids epidemic and died from it at the age of 41
Im Texan and my wife is Peruvian and this is our 14th year of marriage. We a 1 in 8 billion chance of meeting i like to say. God sure works wild ways to say the least👍👍👍👍Life is wonderful
I'm not afraid when the phone rings... I'm just surprised by it. 😁 "I was concerned when Miwako began listening to gangsta rap, but now we enjoy listening to it together as husband and wife." 27:20 I like how she said, "Sukiyaki pātī." すき焼きパーティー 😊
Oh my goodness you can tell how hard she’s worked to dress like they do and learned to speak English. I e worked for 5 years to learn Spanish and if you put me on the phone with someone that speaks Spanish, that’s the absolute hardest and terrifying thing is to hear without the written words in Spanish because they speak so quickly
No sugarcoating here. It's tough on immigrants, double tough. Japanese families are tight-knit, like all cultures are. The key was for Miwako to carve a piece of America out for herself, to bring the best of her culture over to America. As it should be.
My uncle returned from overseas where he was a journalist, with a beautiful, sweet, kind-hearted Japanese wife. She was so loving and humble everyone loved her immediately. But my uncle's father, my grandfather who had served in the navy in the Pacific, promptly soured and disowned his son. My uncle left with his new bride, moved to Michigan, and was never heard from by our family again. That was a prime example of how backward some people were in those days. The decision of the old fart disrupted our whole family who was never the same after that.
What a beautiful yet sad story at the same time. I’m Vietnamese American and I’ve heard many love stories about American servicemen/Vietnamese women. Interracial relationships/marriages can be tricky and beautiful at the same time.
My Uncle brought home a German war bride - that was easier from her physical appearance, but there was still some real animosity when strangers heard her German accent. Many, many Americans were killed and wounded in a war they did not start - some historical context is required.
The anti-German sentiment of the early and mid 20th century always seemed a little funny considering that the majority of white Americans are of German descent.
My first 'employer' was a Nisei craftsman engaged in furniture fabrication / restoration in a small storefront in the Hollywood district of Portland, Oregon (circa 1966). At eleven years old, I was not allowed to touch the articles of furniture, but received small change for assisting in his small / elegant Japanese garden a few blocks away. I am abashed to admit I never knew his name. I knew him only as 'YES SIR', as he insisted.
Don't mind me. Just sittin here on a Saturday night. Alone. Watching this. For the second time. I remembered what happened the last time I watched it. Just wanted to see it again. The Google Doodle of Masako Katsura today reminded me of this time period and what she might have been through herself.
My mother was one of them. The problem is that she had no friends in the States and that may have contributed to her getting Alzheimers. My parents separated and I took care for the rest of her life.
they're actors, this was a film probably intended to be shown to american military personnel, in other words it's a propaganda film (yes a heartwarming positive one but still technically propaganda)
My American Japanese mom was born in Hawaii in the 30s. My Brit Dad was born in CA and raised in Canada, served in the US Navy post WW2 in Occupied Japan. After grad school they couldn't get 4 different clergyman (2 in California/Wyoming/Idaho) to marry an inter racial couple. I'm not sure if it was specific anti-Japanese sentiment BC my mom has no accent and didn't speak Japanese! 😂 No wonder they raised us in Seattle. Thanks for the video.
I lived in Canada for decades also in the U.S and several other countries. I can tell you Canada is far more racist like country than America in some parts of Canada. BC was very much racist like and still is in rural areas except in Vancouver. I recall a French Canadian guy I worked with in Canada in Okanagan area. Even though his wife was half Japanese and half white, he made many racist comments about her cousins who are obviously pure Japanese and not of mixed ethnicity. He put his index fingers on his both eyes and pull the eyes apart and told me once this is how her cousins look like etc when he was describing how Japanese have slanted eyes. And many Okanagan area people are uneducated and very red neck alike. I saw farmers with his shirt off with belly so big i couldn’t believe they dressed like that outside. They’re uncouth like that in general in rural parts of BC. Not the best place and your parents were right in moving you guys to Seattle.
We don’t think about the struggles of how it would be living in a completely new and different country, other than our own, until one experiences it for themselves. Whether it’s 1952 or present day, this is a really inspirational video to show how biracial couples are significant and how we view other races and cultures. I am American and my husband is Chinese. Love is a language too.
OMG, Cleveland. And believe me it is hard. Very hard to get used to a new life like this. The guy on this film is just like my brother-in-law with his mother.
This was done in 1952, but is much more balanced and realistic than any other movies or documents produced by Hollywood or others that were full of racial stereotypes against Japanese and Asian in general, even today.
There were actually some very beautiful film portrayals of Polynesian and Japanese ladies in the 50s, notably South Pacific and Sayonara. Hollywood confronted the prejudice issue head on and shamed those who held it. It feels like Hollywood has regressed on Asian cultures since then (the 70s and even later for example had very respectful portrayals of blacks, but the Asians were in some cases shown as folks with weird laughs and high pitched accents). Dumb cultural stereotypes sadly still exist in some ways.
What a heart warming film; shows that love will conquer and reunite the world. By the way, Walter's mother looks just like my 10th grade English teacher. :)
It’s difficult and very different to assimilate to a very different culture and people, but I did going to China over 20 years ago . It has enlightened my life tremendously! My wife is Chinese who’s family is in the beautiful city of Hangzhou.
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Miwako hâve a Greta husbang.shehave a soul andnature.i remembré myself60years agi.and miwakosama no okimochi ga yokuwakarimosu.thank you for loyelystoly mnch appreciated.yoshiko 🐰☺
@@yoshikobastin4351 😊l l0
While serving in Japan after WWII, my father adopted a Japanese orphan. And thanks to that, I have a wonderful Japanese sister. Life is good when people love instead of hate.
What a story I heard , good on you
What are you doing step bro
Would be super interesting to hear that story.
@@pinkpenzu they aren't related by blood
@@MrHeadshotPG yeah no shit
As a Japanese woman who married American and moved to America two months ago,I really respect all Japanese wife in America in this era. I can imagine how much they had struggled in new cultures and how much they missed Japan.
I’m Asian American and I have always love stories of interracial relationships/marriages. Some are good, some aren’t so good but still, I think it’s such a beautiful thing when two people from different cultures, with different lifestyles and speaking different languages… yet somehow they managed to make it work. Not to mention their children will grow up with two cultures. What can be more beautiful than that.
they missed Japan? really?
@@LONE_PUPPY
When you don’t speak their language,
not able to express or explain what you feel would be very stressful and
feel home sick.
@@LONE_PUPPY Of course they missed Japan. What do you mean "really?" ?
How can anyone miss a leader in suicide? Are your brains different from other people`s BTW? If so you should be encouraged to breed with other people.
My Aunt Miyoko came over just two years after this little film was made and she also had to endure the loneliness of being so far away from her family in Japan during the pre-Internet days and insanely expensive phone rates for international calls. She used to tell me some Americans despised her since it was so soon after WWII and there was still a lot of resentment by some people. Fortunately, most people saw her for the kind and wonderful woman she was and she became a mother to two wonderful kids. BTW, she also had a really hard time with the phone for the first few years but my uncle didn't consider her a disappointment : D
This was so delightful to watch. My father is from New York and my mother is from the Philippines. My mother had similar experiences. Although at first things didn't go as smoothly as in the video, they're still going strong 25 years later. It's hard to live in such a different culture but I guess love got them through it
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
As an American I think Filipinos are the Greatest. 😺😺😺
@@Walker983 As a Martian, not really 👽👽👽
I have a massive respect for anyone who can make a cross-cultural relationship work -- especially in situations like this. It is supremely difficult and takes massive understanding on all parts. Love is love, though.
Its not too hard being kind and polite is universal amongst all cultures. Just don't put salt/pepper on a meal a Japanese woman cooks for you. They freak! 😊
Divorce rates are like 75%.
@@HawkGTboy only when you bring them back to the west
Live in their country and the divorce rates plummet through the floor
@@HawkGTboy As are common US overall divorce rates. But its usually the hakujin and kokujin corneaters that initiate the divorce for the vaunted cash and prizes. In a marriage w a JN woman, its usually the lower rank/education GI or ex GI that initiates the break up due to lack of intestinal fortitude vs. often zenophobic Western attitudes. Most guys I know that hung in there with Japanese women, myself included, found themselves to be extremely well to do financially, due to a Japanese woman's frugality and forethought in financial matters, my friend. ^_^
It's gotta be a challenge, what would you have in common with her? Not saying it's a show-stopper but there's some barriers to get past.
I thought that this was one of those military movies where they had actors play the parts but these two played themselves. What a wonderful story. Kudos, you two.
What are their names?
@@astridvvv9662 Their names are Walter and Miwako(Mona). One of the commenters, The Unicornwrangler, down below from 2 years ago is their grandchild.
Very ❤️ Heart Warming.
This IS a True Story,
Using The Real People Involved,
With a Happy Ending.
If you thought that was a wonderfully entertaining story wait till you see an episode of paint drying.
About her not answering the telephone: something that my mom (who has learned many languages) told me is that one of the hardest things to do in a foreign language is to talk on the phone. Even people who think that they're fluent have a hard time talking on the phone in another language. Most communication is done non-verbally, and not just tone of voice or enunciation; but things like body language, eye contact, facial expressions, and so on. Even native speakers like myself have a hard time talking on the phone because there's no face to focus on. I try to talk on the phone as little as I can, especially when dealing with an office where I want someone to do something for me.
Just so you know.
Emma Popovic-Bogdanich I’ve been there it’s intimidating to say the least. I was so embarrassed that I had to start speaking English. You’re right it’s so different on the phone.
100 percent true!
Very true. I lived in Japan for ten years and noticed this myself. I realized that I was fluent at the language when I spoke with a man on the phone once for several minutes and it was only when I gave him my name that he realized that I was not a fellow Japanese.
it's true. this is a particular kind of skill, like learning to talk online in a new language or dating in a foreign culture. each place has different rules for this stuff and it's even more impossible if your language skill isn't high
It's the moment of truth. I fully agree.
I'm an Irish-American who lived ten years in Japan. I met my Japanese bride in a little town called Ushiku in the early 90s. My wife's father forbade her to marry a foreign barbarian and refused to meet me until we'd been married several years and our son was a year old. My mother-in-law was understanding and my sister-in-law has always been friendly, but it took a long while for my father-in-law to come around.
Beautiful story. I'm from Pakistan and i also want to marry a Japanese girl (if possible)
I got married with Japanese last year and i've been welcomed into their family really well.
Only her grandmother from father's side was bit against it.
@@GaleGummola is she any similar to anime?
@@hussein7517 lol, i don't know cause i don't watch anime almost at all.
@@GaleGummola k
This is a very charming story. The Japanese war brides didn't have it as easy as the generations of Japanese brides that came after them. God bless the adventurous couples that bridged the cultures and helped our world overcome the animosity and hatred of a war that hurt people in every corner of the globe for the ambitions of a few greedy and power-hungry men.
Well said, Mike. You could make a ton of money writing as you seem to have a knack for it.
I can't even imagine. My mom had it hard in 1960s Texas and she was white and married a white guy. My dad's family is from Spain and he was a 5th-generation American. Since my dad is of Spanish descent, anybody that heard her married name out on the town just assumed that my mom married a Mexican and boy did they treat her like crap. It's been over 50 years and she still talks about how much she hated Texas because they were so bad to her.
A dear friend of our family was a Japanese war bride here in San Antonio. She just passed away at 88. She and her husband did not stay together but they had two great kids. And after the divorce in the late 50’s she opened a Japanese restaurant. NIKI’s is in the original location on Hildebrand (we ate there Saturday!) Niki made it work despite the ,language problem because her food was and is the best Japanese food one can eat! Her son Patrick has been hands on for many years. The atmosphere is family. Indeed, one of the staff frequented there in uterio (her Mom worked there and still does) and now so does the hound woman! We have been going since she opened! Come to SA and enjoy the sushi or a fine cooked meal! In its own way, it still ends happily ever after.... Thank you, Niki. We love you! 🍣
@Robin Holbrook I once met a Chinese woman at her restaurant in Clinton, Oklahoma, while working out that way. She said that she was originally from Guangdong and had moved to western Oklahoma with her American husband. She said that as a city girl herself she had hated the barren landscape and the boring rural life at first, but after raising her children and burying her husband there, it was now her hometown and she would never want to leave it. She said that she was won over by how friendly and accepting Americans are. (Luckily for our country's reputation, she didn't live around snobby New Yorkers or idiotic Californians.)
@@contumacious5506 YES! I got goosebumps reading your note! THANK HEAVENS these beautiful people were welcomed into this country to add to the rich cultural tapestry that has been woven! They both have been here just about as long as my family! Mine comes from Ireland, Switzerland, and Russia. So, right here, in this little story, without counting you, we have Irish Catholic, Swiss Catholic, Russian Jew, and Japanese Buddhist! Ain’t it BEA! BTW: if you like to read...SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS will haunt you forever. And yes, it is about the Japanese in the US during WWII. Sometimes the civilized are NOT!
Will try going one day!
@Contumacious oh stop, most Californians are nice. Pretty dumb to judge an entire state by one city too. I grew up in upstate new york and they were some of the friendliest people ever. Most people are fine even in NYC if you can get them to slow down. Its funny, youre judging a lot of people pretty hard but you're not exactly making yourself look like a good person either.
I impree this Japanese strong will
Miwako was very lucky indeed because her American husband was kind and warm-hearted and she was welcomed by his American family and relatives. During the immediate period after World War II, many Japanese wives, who were called war bribes, were often discriminated in the United States partly because anti-Japanese sentiments were strongly remained among Americans and partly because of their color of skin. Racism was quite common in the United States at that time.
Was?
Still is lol
no way, not in China!!
It is still is! Just look at the Democrat party and the NAACP; as racist as they come!
MrEjidorie, What do you mean "becauce of her color"? Japanese woman are white as snow.
What a lovely little short. Got me choked up at the end despite it's simplicity. Just like their bamboo sculptures, simple and beautiful.
I drove a city bus in California and would on occasion drive a charter and pick up people from the airport and other points around Southern California from other countries. Japanese, Russian, French etc. What I remember is how gracious they all were and would often give me souvenirs from their countries which I valued more then a tip. I picked up some Russian men and women who worked on a ship. One of the gentleman gave me a Russian dollar that had Lenin's face on it, and a Japanese lady gave me small wooden wind chime.
Walter and Miwako are real persons and as I could find out online they had a happy and fulfilled life together with 2 daughters and Grandchildren! There is or was a exhibition on the Denver Art museum about their Bamboo creations! Their daughters are Tina Chow and Adelle Lutz and their Granddaughter China Chow is gorgeous as well! Walter died 2010, if Mona Miwako is still alive I couldn’t find out! But they lived obviously so full of love for each other like they do in the wonderful movie! 💖🥹
OMG, she's the mother of the fashion icon Tina Chow!!!??? Woah!
I read that their daughter (the fashion model) died of AIDS only at 40 something while back. It’s unfortunate that the daughter married that crazy Chow guy who married 5 times the last one several decades younger. Another daughter turned out normal. It shows that who you marry matters really. One died so young of terrible disease lonely (he remarried the year she died 😮). The best thing is a normal happy life. Not of fame but stable loving family life.
Walter passed away in 2003 at age 92, Miwako is still alive! She is 101 this year.
OMG, comments section ftw! I had no idea this couple were the parents of fashion royalty ☕ Their daughter was a very glamorous, gorgeous 80's supermodel and socialite who tragically died of AIDS at a young age.
Tina's daughter China was an actress and Hollywood It-girl of the late 90s and early 2000s. I remember she was in the movie "The Big Hit" with Mark Wahlberg and they dated for a while iirc. I think she's married to Billy Idol. Very talented family!
Love is amazing. It's a very hopeful story. If this is a true story, those two really loved each other.
It is, in fact those two are the very people themselves!
What a nice portrayal of what people are capable of as individuals
.One of my earliest memories are of a Bonsaii tree that my Mother brought back from Japan in the early 1930's, we also had a Hiroshige Print called "The Firewatchers" which was in a bamboo frame. I could look at that little tree for hours and was fascinated about how old and small at the same time it was.
My Grand Parents were in Honolulu on the 7th of December. I have a first hand account of the attack written by both of them and what it was like afterwards. My Grandfather's business was supplying auto parts to Asia and the Philippines and the Western U.S.
That little tree was so cool but sadly it has dissapeared like so many things do.
I am 65 now but hope to go to Japan someday, maybe buy a Bonsaii Tree if they are still around?
@Allen S Thank You for that information. No Bonsaii Tree anymore but I still have the precious memories from so long ago.
they certainly are many bonsaii around. there are also many places in america that do them. use that google machine, there might be a place in a nearby city.
I am a Japanese. Please come to Japam. We will be welcome!
My aunt's brother was on MacArthur's staff after the war during the occupation. He married a Japanese woman and they had a long & happy marriage.
Oh that’s so cool!
This Japanese lady is in for a surprise when she experiences Cleveland winters with snow and cold. Japan is rainy.
I am sure her English was much better than his Japanese. Not to worry, she will have total control over him very shortly. And, he must turn over every penny he earns to her. She will control the finances.
@@kaleoarnold3709 Dude, couldn’t he have married a girl from his high school? A high school girl speaks his language, has the same faith, the children will look like him. His Japanese wife will miss Japan and her family. The cultural differences will cause misunderstandings. Great suffering for both ahead.
@@thomaspick4123
… did you not watch this? It dead ass goes over the difficulty of culture differences and how they managed to make it work.
I didn't want to watch it all the way to the end for fear of things ending badly, but was very happy when all ended well. What a beautiful little film! They don't make them like this anymore.
I am Japanese. This woman is probably the same age as my mother. It was an interesting video.
The English lines were English that even Japanese people who are not good at English can understand if they are junior high school students. It was less complicated than the English in the movies.
Thank you so much for sharing this film. I have been teaching ESL for the past 18 years, and what you show in this film is what all people go through when they immigrate to a foreign country. Home sickness and culture shock come with the territory. No matter how well prepared you think you are, culture shock is part of the expat experience. This woman was very lucky that she had a loving and supportive husband to help ease her transition.
Yes it’s an interesting experience being an immigrant although I was really an expat in South Korea for 6 years.
Still I made a life for myself there and I didn’t want to return to Australia.
I married my German wife in 1979 while serving in the U.S. Army over Germany. Her transition into American culture was made much easier because I still had 12 years left to complete my military career. We are still going strong together and she finally became a U.S. citizen in 2019 after almost 40 years with a green card.😊
I was over there 75 to 78...almost married...
and you are ?
After you destroyed Germany and committed a host of war crimes you prey on the German population for sex and flings.
@@awellculturedmanofanime1246 a former U.S soldier
you could make this into a 2 hour movie win best movie of the year probably
My old boyfriends brother married a Vietnamese woman, and she was very nice and pretty. They had two kids and they were very smart kids.. He met her when stationed in Vietnam during the early 1970's.
What happened in 1974? Did they fled from Vietnam?
@@MrCouchmen some soldiers met them while serving there, and married them.. But lots of South Vietnamese fled, and married Americans when they came to America.. He fell in love with her when she worked for the Americans over there.
What I understand is if your old boyfriend's bother didn't marry a Vietnamese woman, his children wouldn't be very smart. In another word, Offsprings from his family bloodline should not be smart.
I worked with a Vietnam vet. He felt that American men took unfair advantage of the docile nature of many Vietnamese brides. Maybe that was based upon one or two examples however. I don’t know.
TRY TO WATCH THE MOVIE HEAVEN ON EARTH A AMERICAN SOLDIER IN A VIETNAMESE WOMAN😢💔😻
This is my family. Walter and Miwako(Mona) were my grandparents.
So China Chow is your sister?
Really?
Lying ass bitch oh my god
@Kenji All of their children and grandchildren were extremely influential and famous, this guy is a fucking liar though
@@1sadsexually2sadsexually54 I dont like defending people on the internet with baseless statements but it's not unlikely that someone could be related and uses the internet.
I remember growing up in the fifties , I was only a child but their was a Japanese war bride living on our block . I heard and saw what the other mothers were saying and the sideway glances they gave her, but I was really to young to understand exactly . not long after that the lady was gone
This is a real story and they played themselves! Also their daughter married the David Bryne lead singer of The Talking Heads. What a small world!
That's an interesting bit of trivia! 😊
What a sweet story! I was anxious during the whole video,always expecting something very bad would happen!
A very human film.
The army.. Human... Roflmao
@@itorca Disrespectful as always...
@@robi9942 He is obviously hurting, probably deprived of love and affection, unlike the two lovely human beings in this film.
@@SelfReflective still, even as someone who is deprived of love and affection one should be able to make a distinction between soldiers and civilians. And even then it’s unfair to put everyone in the same basket. But I am talking to a brick wall at this point.
@@robi9942 Right.
まだまだ人種差別も激しくて、周囲に日本人がいない状況で米国に嫁ぐとかすごく勇気がいったと思う。また、娶った方の男性も色々配慮しなければいけないことも多くて大変だったのではないか？
If anything tells a great story of what the American Dream really means, it's this.
It was a dream of the past. Go to Cleveland now.
@@六爷-r7o It kills me as an American that this is true. We really were a country that had a lot of promise and opportunity but we squandered it on racism and corruption. It's sad man.
As soon as I saw this comment I knew there were going to be some people acting as if the US is all too bad to live in.Oh we’ll,I’m disappointed,but not surprised.
@@AnnabelRoss6789 Of the discomfort assimilating w other cultures: .. It's been a journey for us as a nation... We did not become a "global" world until much later. I remember how, even in the 1970s, blacks and whites in America co-existed, mostly. 2 separate cultures side by side. It's hard to comprehend looking back, but things we take for granted today were just not understood then. If one was not living back then, it's really hard to explain. in any way that conveys. That said, there is NEVER reason for disrespect of another human being.
@@AnnabelRoss6789 uh what? Racism exists everywhere...but usa has the same land of opportunity, and equality of opportunity, as it always has.. IF NOT BETTER NOW!
It is insane how people in universities and cities look down on minorities... "this minority can not get an ID, or can't succeed," which is not only racist, but dead wrong.
USA is the best nation in the world for people of different background to have opportunities! If you move to America..you can BECOME AN AMERICAN! That is not the case in other nations.
People born and raised in the USA are all blind to the reality of the nation...the same way a cat lady is "nose blind," to her animals.
So dang sad. Yes eruption exists! BUT IN USA, you CAN call it out! You can speak your mind! You can insult and criticize leaders! That is amazing! And not reality everywhere!
Even the UK has hate speech laws...and what happens? They are abused and used to stifle free speech.
Even comedy isn't safe. Look up "count dankula nazi pug court," he was arrested for a hilarious video...that is insane! We can never ever give up our rights to speech, guns, and assembly and mobility in the USA! The moment you do..rights are trampled on.
Same with Australia..they gave up many of their guns and used registrys...and look what has happened their during covid! Literal authoritarianism!
People arrested for just socially distancing in a park..people arrested for signing up for a protest...yet not arrested for BLM protest (tbh shouldn't be arrested for either) now we are having more Bill's passed in many provinces to increase the power of their leaders.. it is terrifying! Literal covid quartinene camps!
Mass lockdowns were a mistake 100% and we were all fools for allowing 2 weeks to prevent hospitals from being overrun(was never ever meant to stop covid from spreading) ..to years of lockdowns and even curfews in some places. Which have no scientific or medical reasons!
We can never ever allow our Gov to ever exploit our fears like this again.. it is like 9/11 Patriot Act..but worse..since on a mass scale..and at every level of government!
(2:04) "Then I had my first look at my new home, Cleveland, Ohio, also known as 'The Mistake on the Lake.' I became very homesick at once. I asked my husband if we could go back to Nagasaki. Despite the destruction and radioactivity, it was still better then Cleveland."
I was expecting a over the top drama of racism
Then again this not modern American movies that always need to spice things up.
I had a Japanese aunt. My mom and her sisters soon showed her American ways. Their brother was mad! She learned she could walk beside him, sass back, all the good stuff! Turned her into an American girl!
My parents are cross cultured. My mother is from the south of Vietnam and my dad is a New Zealander. They have been married for 20 years. The language barrier was really hard at first, but mum did go to English school to learn. Nowadays my mother's English has approved so much. But my dad's Vietnamese is alright, it's not the best but he tries. All in all, they love each other. Mum remembers the time she met my dad. He was really tall and she decided to hide behind her sister because she was shy and a very small woman. My dad stands at a good 187cm (6'2) while my mum is 148cm (4'10). Even though she was small, she was tough and raised me and my sister really well. This got us into different culture foods, different music etc. I love it and I love my parents.
ive been getting invested in the characters of these training films
I have seen this 100 times I can't get enough :)
What a lovely beautiful story. Lovey couple with beautiful family. Love to watch this type of videos.
What a Beautiful Story re A Veteran returning to US with his Beautiful Japanese Wife. Then with perseverance succeeded in starting the Bamboo Carving Business.
This is a very nice film. I'm very glad that I saw it. I feel so giddy.
Life was simple and happy back then. I love this short inspirational movie.
I did some research and she is still alive, her husband passed away in 2003. They moved back to Japan in the 1960s, their daughters became famous fashion models Tina Chow and another an actress.
I could sit and watch their whole life. It made me sad when the video ended.
Damn, that must've been hard for her. My own mother was white British who married a G.I. and came to the U.S. in 1946 and she experienced enough discrimination, so I can only imagine what non-Caucasians went through. America was an UGLY place until the 1960s began to loosen up some prejudices. There's still a lot of work to do, but things are much better these days!
16:35 really show Japanese ingenuity. I would have never made anything out of those bamboo sticks. I'd be like, "Hurr Durr, sticks don't fit together. Look, I can make a square if I put them side by side."
LOL. I had the same thought!!
I spent much of my tour overseas deliberately avoiding any romantic German girls for a reason this film avoided telling about. Leaving my “ Laney “ behind was a heartbreaking time for both of us. She was only 18 and not ready to leave her home. I had not seen my mom in over two years. So I came home alone on the longest miserable ocean voyage without Laney. The next six months we wrote each other every week as I tried to get back to work in a new job that kept me traveling. I managed to pull off a few trips to Telefunken Radio in Nurnberg, where Laney lived. I could see the stress in her eyes , living without me there. Yes, and I was lonely for her. We discussed her returning with me for a while. Immediately I could see she was not comfortable in America. I took a temp position at Telefunken in her home town. We lived with her family for the interim, it was tough. No one breathed a word about the elephant in the room. Neither one of us was prepared to leave home fir the other. Both of us were too close to our own families. For another year we did visit back and forth in each of our family homes. It was becoming clear this problem could not be solved. As much as I loved
Germany, i could not live there. Laney was hard pressed to abandon her brother and mother. AndI had not the guts to force that upon her. We continued to correspond, but I could sense it was falling apart. Laney was a beautiful young lady of 18 so much involved in her life in Germany and was not going to live in America. We amicapbly 30:24 parted, the letters faded of into time and the day came she asked if I minded she date others. With a lump in my throat
I understood and said yes.
That was great! Really enjoyed that documentary!
Heartwarming! There are stories of great love between American soldiers and their Japanese wives however not all were as lucky as Miwako who found a good man and whose family accepted her, I've read of many who faced racism including from the husband's own family.
This film does portray how open minded americans were even back then it's a little surprising.
@@col.cottonhill6655 After the Japanese-Americans proved their loyalty to Uncle Sam, Americans had nothing but respect for them all. They felt ashamed after seeing and hearing the truth of the internment camps and did try to pay reparations by accepting them.
While they didn't face the anger of WWIl like the Japanese, I've read South Korean women who married servicemen or moved to the US sadly had some issues with prejudice also, particularly in the southern states (many there were furious when Truman and Eisenhower opened more immigration from Asia). However, attitudes were beginning to change in the 50s and some were accepted in other areas. Legendary western actor Roy Rogers and his wife Dale Evans Rogers even adopted a young Korean girl.
@@col.cottonhill6655 It isn't too surprising though. Remember that the World War II generation are many of the folks who later enacted civil rights. They were the first generation to really be exposed to other cultures and ethnicities, which probably helped tremendously.
I tell you if my own family refused to accept my lover (if I ever had and if she just so happened to be from one of 4 countries I'd consider as a good place to find a girl in Asia. That being said Japan, South Korea, Philippines, or Vietnam.) I would only then associate with those who can accept her. Those who can't, basically I'd treat them as they deserve to not be my family member. I can say wholeheartedly, majority of my family is open to their other family members (even my Mom and Dad are very much ok with it) if I was to ever meet a girl from another ethnicity (Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia). If I ever find one of my family members being discriminatory toward the girl, I will literally get up and say to them, "I will never see you for the rest of my life and I hope you change one day for the better. This isn't the 40s, 50s and 60s. It's 2022 (onwards). I would also hit them with how ironic they are, my family is Christian, if one has the problem with my dating life. I'd say simply, "We're all children of God and you can't see past the color and you dare call yourself a Christian. Shameful."
All things considered, I am open to dating someone from another country as long as they're Christian, their personality is good (no one is perfect) and they speak English, even if it ain't perfect English. As long as it's something I can understand to good extent. Communication is essential in a relationship. A good majority of my family knows I am open to that form of dating. I don't know all their opinions but, from what I am told by my Mom, Dad and brothers who I have absolutely no doubt they're happy with that decision. They told me everyone doesn't seem to have a problem. Then again, I'm 19 years old going on 20. They don't have a say in who I date. Mind you, my family is conservative.
Hats off for the great work, very well done ..thank you
Thank you for this video.
Although after the Korean War, my uncle Jimmy met a Japanese woman that he married and I knew her as my aunt Kittie. Her real name was Tsugi Tanaka.
Well Nice to see this documentary. Nicely represented. That time film maker were great
A most stunning, beautiful Japanese lady in this film!
delusional 🗑
I’m glad their lives were good. My mother’s story is different. A loving extended family can make all the difference.
My girlfriend is Indian (I'm American). The fun part is actually learning about each other's culture. We have far more in common than different and that's because every culture and civilization is the same when stripped down.
We had a doctor on staff who is Indian, she married a Nzer. She hated dealing with Indian guys.
My wife was from Dublin, so not as different as yours and your girlfriends, but it was tough on her coming here. I can also empathize because I lived in Korea for 3 years where most days I was the only person around who didn't blend in.
I hope every Japanese wives were treated like this. However, many people were treated nicely in the US, I guess. I respect these Japanese people survived and kept looking for their happinesses. Thank you for the video.
@B Z this isn’t just a movie it’s a documentary meaning it’s real story. These people exist/existed in real life. But I didn’t understand what the op meant. Her English doesn’t make sense really.
This film came out the year I was born in Cleveland. I believe the newlyweds' stroll in town took place on Buckeye Road. I almost fell off my chair when I saw "Fisher Market" (which my folks always referred to as "Fisher's A&P) in the background of one of the scenes where the couple is walking. Our house was right around the corner from that market, and my grandparents lived near there, too😀
Surprisingly heartwarming little vid
Beautiful story.
oh wow .. so I looked them up and one of their daughters adelle lutz was in the movie beetlejuice aside from being an accomplished fashion designer/artist .. you'll recognize the character when you see her .. their other daughter, tina chow, sadly got caught up in the aids epidemic and died from it at the age of 41
Thank you for sharing..
5:54 is that a selfie before it was cool
No
This could be my Mothers life…RIP ❤💕👵🏼
We should all be so lucky as to find a walter
We should all be so lucky as to find a Miwako
1:44 And the Oscar for "Best Performance for a Mother Who Is Disappointed in Her Son's Marriage Choice but Accepts It Nonetheless" goes to....
Im Texan and my wife is Peruvian and this is our 14th year of marriage. We a 1 in 8 billion chance of meeting i like to say. God sure works wild ways to say the least👍👍👍👍Life is wonderful
5:21 He started the slides so she could cry, and calm down? Darn, I wish I'll be this sensitive one day.
I'm not afraid when the phone rings... I'm just surprised by it. 😁
"I was concerned when Miwako began listening to gangsta rap, but now we enjoy listening to it together as husband and wife."
27:20 I like how she said, "Sukiyaki pātī." すき焼きパーティー 😊
Oh my goodness you can tell how hard she’s worked to dress like they do and learned to speak English. I e worked for 5 years to learn Spanish and if you put me on the phone with someone that speaks Spanish, that’s the absolute hardest and terrifying thing is to hear without the written words in Spanish because they speak so quickly
Imagine how difficult it must have been for a Japanese wife this time was right after WW2
No sugarcoating here. It's tough on immigrants, double tough. Japanese families are tight-knit, like all cultures are. The key was for Miwako to carve a piece of America out for herself, to bring the best of her culture over to America. As it should be.
Flippin beautiful, this is how America should be. Full of opportunities, sad it is not like that now.
My uncle returned from overseas where he was a journalist, with a beautiful, sweet, kind-hearted Japanese wife. She was so loving and humble everyone loved her immediately. But my uncle's father, my grandfather who had served in the navy in the Pacific, promptly soured and disowned his son. My uncle left with his new bride, moved to Michigan, and was never heard from by our family again. That was a prime example of how backward some people were in those days. The decision of the old fart disrupted our whole family who was never the same after that.
Same thing with my grandfather and my uncle, only it was with a Vietnamese woman.
What a beautiful yet sad story at the same time. I’m Vietnamese American and I’ve heard many love stories about American servicemen/Vietnamese women. Interracial relationships/marriages can be tricky and beautiful at the same time.
@@CrimsonUltrafox are they still together? Sorry I don’t mean to be nosy 🙂
My Uncle brought home a German war bride - that was easier from her physical appearance, but there was still some real animosity when strangers heard her German accent. Many, many Americans were killed and wounded in a war they did not start - some historical context is required.
The anti-German sentiment of the early and mid 20th century always seemed a little funny considering that the majority of white Americans are of German descent.
"one thing that especially intrigued me was bamboo..." 5:45
I want to see their future together, their daughters' future. The girls would both be in their 60s today.
IKR??Their daughters were just so adorable when they were little.
One of the daughters is the mother of China Chow.
@@needles1987 also that daughter's mother and aunt became the faces of Shiseido
Tina died in 1992. Adelle is still alive.
Tina Chow became a model and socialite and married a wealthy Chinese restauranteur. He owns the Mr. Chow's restaurant in Beverly Hills.
really beautiful story'
She is very beautiful.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To each their own.
What a wonderful supportive husband
Very nice and kind story. Love hasn't any borders)
I know it was a major culture shock to her when she first came to America ☺️
Keep up the good work. These ww2 films are so interesting!
My first 'employer' was a Nisei craftsman engaged in furniture fabrication / restoration in a small storefront in the Hollywood district of Portland, Oregon (circa 1966). At eleven years old, I was not allowed to touch the articles of furniture, but received small change for assisting in his small / elegant Japanese garden a few blocks away. I am abashed to admit I never knew his name. I knew him only as 'YES SIR', as he insisted.
Don't mind me. Just sittin here on a Saturday night. Alone. Watching this. For the second time. I remembered what happened the last time I watched it. Just wanted to see it again. The Google Doodle of Masako Katsura today reminded me of this time period and what she might have been through herself.
My mother was one of them. The problem is that she had no friends in the States and that may have contributed to her getting Alzheimers. My parents separated and I took care for the rest of her life.
Are these people actors or really the ones the film is about? It is interesting how they managed to capture their life.
they're actors, this was a film probably intended to be shown to american military personnel, in other words it's a propaganda film (yes a heartwarming positive one but still technically propaganda)
I was expecting hard core war here, and I get slice of life anime
Yes this deserves an anime version and it will be kawai.
@@MrCouchmen 🤣
They are an amazingly good looking couple :)
Very heart warming film!
What is the name of the Japanese coin game Miwako was teaching the children & how do you play it?
Ohajiki, which is usually played with flat coin-sized glass marbles.
I'm not familiar with it. Is it a children's game or a game for older Japanese folk like, say, mahjong?
You've got the name, just google it
Othello?
Is there a second part to this ?
The worst part for her was having to live in Cleveland.
Wasn't quite the shithole back then that it is now.
Cleveland Wasn't Bad Back 🔙 Then! 😂
My American Japanese mom was born in Hawaii in the 30s. My Brit Dad was born in CA and raised in Canada, served in the US Navy post WW2 in Occupied Japan. After grad school they couldn't get 4 different clergyman (2 in California/Wyoming/Idaho) to marry an inter racial couple. I'm not sure if it was specific anti-Japanese sentiment BC my mom has no accent and didn't speak Japanese! 😂 No wonder they raised us in Seattle. Thanks for the video.
I lived in Canada for decades also in the U.S and several other countries. I can tell you Canada is far more racist like country than America in some parts of Canada. BC was very much racist like and still is in rural areas except in Vancouver. I recall a French Canadian guy I worked with in Canada in Okanagan area. Even though his wife was half Japanese and half white, he made many racist comments about her cousins who are obviously pure Japanese and not of mixed ethnicity. He put his index fingers on his both eyes and pull the eyes apart and told me once this is how her cousins look like etc when he was describing how Japanese have slanted eyes. And many Okanagan area people are uneducated and very red neck alike. I saw farmers with his shirt off with belly so big i couldn’t believe they dressed like that outside. They’re uncouth like that in general in rural parts of BC. Not the best place and your parents were right in moving you guys to Seattle.
This is AMAZING. Thank you!!!!
We don’t think about the struggles of how it would be living in a completely new and different country, other than our own, until one experiences it for themselves. Whether it’s 1952 or present day, this is a really inspirational video to show how biracial couples are significant and how we view other races and cultures.
I am American and my husband is Chinese.
Love is a language too.
“Love is a language too”. Such a beautiful comment ❤️
OMG, Cleveland. And believe me it is hard. Very hard to get used to a new life like this. The guy on this film is just like my brother-in-law with his mother.
This was done in 1952, but is much more balanced and realistic than any other movies or documents produced by Hollywood or others that were full of racial stereotypes against Japanese and Asian in general, even today.
There were actually some very beautiful film portrayals of Polynesian and Japanese ladies in the 50s, notably South Pacific and Sayonara. Hollywood confronted the prejudice issue head on and shamed those who held it. It feels like Hollywood has regressed on Asian cultures since then (the 70s and even later for example had very respectful portrayals of blacks, but the Asians were in some cases shown as folks with weird laughs and high pitched accents). Dumb cultural stereotypes sadly still exist in some ways.
What a heart warming film; shows that love will conquer and reunite the world.
By the way, Walter's mother looks just like my 10th grade English teacher. :)
It’s difficult and very different to assimilate to a very different culture and people, but I did going to China over 20 years ago . It has enlightened my life tremendously! My wife is Chinese who’s family is in the beautiful city of Hangzhou.
very nice video!