this be a cute and sad little story of cultural difference . kyoko be a beautiful japanese woman who have run to california to escape from a failed relationship in japan . ken be a japanese american manual laborer with aspiration of rock and roll stardom but little concrete to offer a potential partner . kyoko marries ken in order to be able to stay permanently in the u. s. and with the understanding that although they will live together until she get a green card the marriage will be in name only . it soon develop that the party be not on the same wavelength or perhaps in the same time zone and hence the title of the movie . a an immigration attorney i have see such arrangement take on a life of their own and so i be pleased to see how well the filmmaker develop the dramatic possibility of this situation .