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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Wayne Wang |
| Actors: |
Marc Hayashi |
| Genre: |
Action/Adventure |
| Subgenre: |
Thieves · Detectives |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
717119349936 |
| Release Date: |
1981 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 20min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Cantonese |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD
Release Company: E1 Entertainment Distribution (January 10, 2006)
UPC: 741952308096 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 20min |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/01/1986, p.287-8, Sean French): "...Funny and fast moving, [it] crackles with the excitement of a new director tackling a new, exciting subject..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
After working in Hong Kong television, Wayne Wang shot this low-budget 16mm black-and-white feature on the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown. CHAN IS MISSING follows the lives of two Chinese cabdrivers, Jo (Wood Moy), a middle-aged man, and Steve (Marc Hayashi), his young partner. Although both are American-born, there is a definite generation gap in their attitudes toward how to achieve an authentic ethnic identity, both inside and outside of Chinatown. The meandering story starts when Chan Hung, a recent immigrant from Taiwan, disappears with $4,000 they gave him to secure a cab license for them. Their attempt to find him, complete with the inevitable Charlie Chan jokes, leads them into a complex world of international politics and domestic conflicts. This is a fascinating glimpse of the world of ABCs (American-born Chinese) and FOBs (fresh off the boat) and their allegiance to either Taiwan or Mainland China. Steve and Jo trace Chan's life back from a car accident that may have caused his disappear... |
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