It's a typical film about the Japanese immigration in the American Continent, in the first half of twenty century. At that time, many Japanese dreamed to work in America, with intention to "make fortune" there and return to Japan. This didn't happen only in the United States or Canada. Many Japanese families had immigrated for other Latin-American countries, all with the same dream.
The story happens in the 30's and shows basically how the Japanese lived in the new country, and the problems that they had faced, such as culture, language, discrimination etc. Rinko is a girl who lives in the city, and has to pass the summer vacations helping her cousins and her aunt, Hata, in a small-cucumber-farm. It would have to be a boring vacation for Rinko but, in the end, she will learn important things about her culture and her origins. EXCELLENT MOVIE!!! James Welch Henderson Arkansas 4/25/21.
The story happens in the 30's and shows basically how the Japanese lived in the new country, and the problems that they had faced, such as culture, language, discrimination etc. Rinko is a girl who lives in the city, and has to pass the summer vacations helping her cousins and her aunt, Hata, in a small-cucumber-farm. It would have to be a boring vacation for Rinko but, in the end, she will learn important things about her culture and her origins. EXCELLENT MOVIE!!! James Welch Henderson Arkansas 4/25/21.