Ending Reaction to Picture Bride

Today in class, an interesting point was brought up about the ending of Picture Bride and over the division of the scene where Kana appears to reveal to Riyo that there is nothing in Japan that Riyo has to return for. Now although I don't want my situation to seem like it fits into a perfect case study of why the effect of that scene didn't sink in well with me, however I do think there is some particular reason why that scene stood out to me and was something that I wasn't accustomed to seeing before in cinema. This is most likely perhaps due to the fact that I have been conditioned by Hollywood cinema to follow a certain format in which a story is told, and too different from the conventional path would certainly throw me off and make it hard for me to accept.

Having said that, and realizing my own position that I am coming from, I do want to say that although I am aware that in 3rd cinema, the message will be delivered through any means possible with no regard to the impact on the audience, I personally feel like there may have been a better way for Riyo to have had the revelation that there is nothing in Japan for her and that Hawaii was her home now. The saying, "less is more" stands true for this situation, in that if Riyo had learned the revelation in a less obvious and more subtle manner, the effect may have been more effective on me, as an audience manner.