Living on Tokyo Time
ā 6 Ā· 1987 Ā· 83m Ā· Comedy Ā· Drama Ā· Romance
When her visa expires, a young Japanese immigrant in San Francisco agrees to marry a Japanese-American boy to avoid being deported back to Japan.
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