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Bridge to the Sun is a 1961 film directed by Etienne Périer and starring Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi, Tetsurō Tamba and Sean Garrison. It is based on the 1957 autobiography Bridge to the Sun by Gwen Terasaki, which detailed events in Terasaki's life and marriage.
Bridge to the Sun: Directed by Etienne Périer. With Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi, Tetsurô Tanba. Based on a true story, this compelling drama relates the difficulties of a young woman married to a Japanese diplomat during World War II, victim of suspicion and animosity from her husband's government.
Bridge To The Sun - (Original Trailer) The true story of an American Southerner (Carroll Baker) who marries a Japanese diplomat just before World War II, Bridge To The Sun (1961).
Sep 27, 2022 · After Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military was desperate to find Americans who spoke Japanese to serve in the Pacific war. They soon turned to the Nisei—first-generation U.S. citizens whose parents were immigrants from Japan.
Nearly a decade before the onset of World War II, Gwen (Carroll Baker), a young American woman, meets the Japanese diplomat Hidenari Terasaki (James Shigeta) while on vacation. The two fall deeply...
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While staying in Washington, D.C., Tennessee-born Gwen Harold falls in love with and marries Japanese diplomat Hidenari Terasaki, despite the objections from her family. When the Japanese attack ...
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Oct 27, 2012 · Bridge to the Sun is a beautiful, tender, and moving love story-the true report of an international and interracial marriage of a an American girl from the mountains of Tennessee and a Japanese diplomat.
- Gwen Terasaki
The woman (Carroll Baker) meets Japanese mid level diplomat prior to outbreak of World War II in Washington, DC. They fall in love and get married despite misgivings of ambassador. When he is transferred home, she goes with him. With bumps and starts, she begins to learn Japanese culture.
Screenplay. Tells the true story of Gwen Terasaki, who falls in love with, then marries a Japanese diplomat. When war breaks out they find animosity and trouble from both sides.
May 16, 2020 · Taglines: Their love was a bridge between two worlds. In 1935, nineteen year old Gwen Harold of Johnson City, Tennessee, is visiting her Aunt Peg and her casual beau Fred Tyson, a low level bureaucrat, in Washington DC. Fred is able to get them an invitation to the Japanese Embassy’s annual reception.
