The Best Bad Thing (1997)
After her husband's death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko' mother wants her to spend the summer helping Mrs. Hata, her life-long friend. But 12-year-old Rinko sees Mrs. Hata's traditional Japanese ways as being backward and "crazy." When she gives in to her mother's request, she discovers Mrs. Hata is kind and courageous, fighting to save her farm. Before summer ends, RInko comes to appreciate and defend "crazy" Mrs. Hata.
- Date of release
- 1997-05-05
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Director
- Peter Rowe
Casting
- Lana McKissack — Rinko
- Michel Perron — Saunders
- Robert Ito — Mr. Tsujimura
- Kirin Kiki — Aunt Hata
- George Takei — Mr. Yamanaka
- Kitao Sakurai — Zenny Hata
Interesting facts
The Best Bad Thing was originally a book authored by Yoshiko Uchida. A screenplay was developed and a film released in 1997. The story is set on the U.S. west coast during 1935 when the U.S. economy was still recovering from the effects of the Great Depression. It opens in a city, then moves to a rural cucumber farm, where the majority of the action takes place. The farm is described as along California's central coast.
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