Aya (1990 film)

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Aya
Directed bySolrun Hoaas
Written bySolrun Hoaas
Produced bySolrun Hoaas
Denise Patience
Starring Eri Ishida
Nicholas Eadie
Chris Haywood
CinematographyGeoff Burton
Edited byStewart Young
Music by Roger Mason
Production
company
Goshu Films
Distributed byHome Cinema Group
Ronin Films
Release dates
  • 7 September 1990 (1990-09-07)(Canada)
  • 24 October 1991 (1991-10-24)(Australia)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1.8 million [1]
Box officeA$40,400 [2]

Aya is a 1990 Australian film directed by Solrun Hoaas and starring Eri Ishida, Nicholas Eadie, and Chris Haywood. The plot is about a marriage between an Australian man and Japanese war bride. [3] [4]

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Plot

Aya, a Japanese war bride, arrives in a small Australian town during the 1950s with her husband. She is still very much in love with her husband, named Frank, but she somehow feels more comfortable with Mac, a friend of Frank's who can speak Japanese.

Cast

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References

  1. "Production Surveys", Cinema Papers, March 1990 p71
  2. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 3 October 2012
  3. "Aya" at Senses of Cinema accessed 3 November 2012
  4. "Aya". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.