The Wash (1988)
Directed by Michael Uno / Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Genres - Drama, Family & Personal Relationships |
Sub-Genres - Marriage Drama |
Release Date - Aug 17, 1988 (USA) |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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 Since his retirement, a husband (Mako) becomes increasingly sullen and withdrawn.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.
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retirement, husband-and-wife, separation, family, love