Season 2, Ep. 9: The Wash

"Falling in love at 18 is magic. Falling in love at 65 is a miracle." This week, we're talking about 1988's The Wash, starring Mako, Nobu McCarthy and Sab Shimono. It's the most excited Brian and Ada have ever been about discovering one of the greatest Asian American romance films ever made, and they had to go to college library basements to find it. Mako and Nobu play a recently-separated married couple in their 60s. She still comes by to do his wash, yet he can't seem to figure out how to let her know she's appreciated. And while it's hard to let go of such a rich shared history -- they have been together since they were young people in the internment camps -- what red-blooded woman can resist Sab Shimono's character's mustache, fishing tutorials, and low-cholesterol waffles?

Saturday School is a podcast where we teach your unwilling children about Asian American pop culture history. Season 2 explores Asian American romance in film.