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Midnight Movie: Bridge to the Sun

on BBC Two England

Gwen Harold, an American girl, meets and falls in love with Hidenari Terasaki, a young Japanese diplomat in Washington. Despite opposition from her family and his Embassy officials, they marry but, later, with the attack on Pearl Harbour, their dream of 'a rainbow across the Pacific', a bridge of peace between Japan and the United States, seems shattered forever.

Based on Gwendolen Terasaki's autobiography.

Films: page 9

Contributors

Based on the autobiography by:
Gwendolen Terasaki
Director:
Etienne Perier
Gwen Harold:
Carroll Baker
Hidenari Terasaki:
James Shigeta
Hara:
James Yagi
Jiro:
Tetzuro Tamba
Ishi:
Hiroshi Tomono
Fred Tyson:
Sean Garrison
Aunt Peggy:
Ruth Masters
Mako Terasaki (at different ages):
Emi Florence Hirsch/Nori Elizabeth Hermann

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