At a Yankee army base, Cuban-American G.I. Jose Hernandez Cortez (Carlos Osorio) taught young Kyoko the dance steps of his native Cuba. Years later, 20 year-old Kyoko (Saki Takaoka) makes a pilgrimage to Manhattan to find the soldier who befriended her. However, time has been unkind to Jose, who never made the big-time. Stricken with A.I.D.S., the former dancer suffers from assorted ailments of body and brain; in fact, he doesn't even remember Kyoko. Determined to jar the dying man's memory, Kyoko coaxes Jose's caregivers into trusting her to reunite him with his family in Florida. Along the way, Kyoko and Jose encounter a hitchhiking urchin who tries to steal Jose's...
Released:
1995
Rated:
R
Length:
85 mins