Wash (1988)
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Veteran Hawaii-born actor Mako is never less than brilliant in director Michael Toshiyuki Uno's The Wash. The film is a study of love lost and love renewed in California's Asian community. Since his retirement, a husband (Mako) becomes increasingly sullen and withdrawn. Only when his wife… More Veteran Hawaii-born actor Mako is never less than brilliant in director Michael Toshiyuki Uno's The Wash. The film is a study of love lost and love renewed in California's Asian community. Since his retirement, a husband (Mako) becomes increasingly sullen and withdrawn. Only when his wife (Nobu McCarthy) announces that she wants a separation does the husband begin to reexamine his life. While the story in The Wash is a familiar one, its ethnic overtones set the film apart from others of its ilk. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Toshiyuki Uno
- Genres
- Drama
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Has much to say about traveling from the country of marriage to the land of divorce.
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Cast
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Mako
as Nobu
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Nobu McCarthy
as Masi
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Patti Yasutake
as Marsha
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Marian Yue
as Judy
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Sab Shimono
as Sadao
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Shizuko Hoshi
as Kiyoko
- Danny Kamekona