Green Tea and Cherry Ripe
1988
Australia
56 minutes
English; Japanese
After the second world war, some six hundred Japanese women left their country to join their husbands, Australian soldiers they had met during the occupation. The film portrays six of these women who set up a Japanese restaurant in Melbourne in a bid to break out of their isolation. Difficulties in adapting, conjugal problems, cultural differences and communication problems are highlighted with sensitivity and sympathy.
Production :
Goshu Films
Goshu Films
Distribution :
Solrun Hoaas; Ronin Films
Solrun Hoaas; Ronin Films
Editing :
Stewart Young
Stewart Young
Sound :
Gretchen Thornburn
Gretchen Thornburn
Photography :
Peter Zakharovm
Peter Zakharovm