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A
Title: A Bin Chong Xian
English title: Ah Beng Returns
Director: James Lee
Writers: Loh Bok Lai/James Lee
Main Cast: Loh Bok Lai/Tan Eng Heng/Hui Yee Gan/Len Siew Mee/Lee Swee Keong/James Lee
Release year: 2001
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Malaysia
Plot country/region: Malaysia
Language: Mandarin/Hokkien/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Artsee.net/Doghouse 73 Pictures/Doghouse Seventy-Three
Descriptor: Chinese Communist/overseas Chinese
Abstract: Heavily influenced by Jean-Luc Godard, this experimental piece of anti-cinema is about a group of Chinese Communist gangsters dealing with betrayal, disillusionment and the absence of love.
Access No.: N/A
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Title: A Hu
English title: A Fighter's Blues
Director: Daniel Lee
Writers: Chi-Sing Cheung/Daniel Lee
Main Cast: Andy Lau/Takako Tokiwa/Intira Jaroenpura/Apichaya Thanatthanapong
Release year: 2000
Genre: Drama/Romance/Action
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/Thailand
Language: Cantonese/Thai/English
Corp. Author: China Star Entertainment/Team Work Production House
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/boxing/kickboxing/family relationship/interracial relationship
Abstract: After a 13-year imprisonment in Hong Kong, Mong Fu returns to Thailand to discover that his girlfriend had died and had left him a daughter, Ploy. With the help of Sister Mioko, a caretaker for orphans, Fu and Ploy begin the long hard road to know each other. However, a Thai boxing promoter tells the truth about why Fu went to prison. It turns out that Fu, who is a former kickboxer himself, killed a kickboxing champion outside the ring. In an attempt to bring honor back, Fu challenges the current champion in a fight. Meanwhile, a relationship begins to ensue between Fu and Sister Mioko.
Access No.: OCLC: 46886570
Medium: DVD
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English title: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Director: Wayne Wang
Writers: Yiyun Li
Main Cast: Feihong Yu/Henry O/Pavel Lychnikoff
Release year: 2008
Genre: Drama/romance
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Mandarin/Persian/English
Corp. Author: Boram Entertainment Inc./Entertainment Farm/North by Northwest Entertainment
Descriptor: Chinese American/cross-cultural relationship/interracial relationship/interethnic relationship
Abstract: A Chinese man travels to America to visit his estranged daughter after her recent divorce. Though his trip starts off as a mission to see his daughter remarry, he sparks to an Iranian woman who, despite their language barrier, captures his heart.
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Title: Ai Yu Cheng
English title: A war Named Desire
Director: Siu Fai Mak
Writers: Clement Sze-Kit Cheng/Joe Ma/Siu Fai Mak
Main Cast: Francis Ng/Daniel Chan Hiu Tung/Gigi Leung/Dave Wong/Sam Lee
Release year: 2000
Genre: Action/Thriller
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/Thailand
Language: Mandarin/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Brilliant Ideas Group/Meiah Laser Disc
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/gangster/triad/brotherhood
Abstract: Chun hears no news from his elder brother, who left him and grandma behind when Chun was eight-years-old. What the kid, grown-up now, remembers is -- brother stole $50,000 from his poverty-stricken family. When grandma passes away and there goes a saying in town that his brother climbs up the hierarchy of a powerful mob in Thailand, the long lost brotherly affection ehcoes in Chun's heart. He decides to head for Thailand with his girlfriend.
Access No.: OCLC: 182727481
Medium: DVD
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Title: Ai Zai Bie Xiang De Ji Jie
English title: Farewell China
Director: Clara Law
Writers: N/A
Main Cast: Maggie Cheung/Tony Leung Ka Fai
Release year: 1990
Genre: Drama
Plot keywords: Journey/America/Immigration
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country: China/USA
Language: Cantonese/ English
Corp. Author: Deltamac (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
Descriptor: Chinese /America /immigrants
Abstract: After several tries, Li is finally granted a student visa to travel to the United States, leaving Nansan, her husband, and young son. When Nansan receives a letter a year later asking for an immediate divorce, he is smuggled into New York, desperate to understand what happened to Li. With the help of Jane, a brash Chinese-American teenager, Nansan follows Li's trail through the disillusioning and harsh world of new immigrants.
Access No.: OCLC: 56098762

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Title: Ba Liang Jin
English title: Eight Tales of Gold
Director: Mabel Cheung
Writers: Mabel Cheung/Alex Law
Main Cast: Sylvia Chang/Sammo Hung Kam-Bo/Weixiang Xie
Release year: 1989
Genre: Drama/comedy
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Maverick Films Ltd.
Descriptor: illegal immigrant/overseas Chinese/marriage/diaspora
Abstract: A Chinese immigrant in New York returns to his homeland, meets his cousin, and eventually falls in love with her, only to find that she is already engaged.
Access No.: OCLC: 40994703
Medium: VHS
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Title: Bailan
English title: P'ailan/P`airan/Failan
Director: Hae-sung Song
Writers: Jiro Asada (novel)
Main Cast: Cecilia Cheung/Min-sik Choi
Release year: 2001
Genre: Drama/romance
Production country/region: South Korea
Plot country/region: South Korea
Language: Korean/Cantonese/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Tube Pictures (Firm)/China Star Entertainment Group.
Descriptor: immigrant/sham marriage/green card/intercultural relationship/gangster
Abstract: After losing both her parents, Failan, a Chinese laundress, emigrates to South Korea seeking her only remaining relatives. She arrives only to discover that her relatives have moved to Canada. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced into an arranged marriage through a match-making agency. Kang Jae, a poor, aging gangster decides to marry Failan. Although she has only a picture of Kang Jae, Failan spends her days wishing that he would visit her. She often writes him letters but does not have the nerve to send them. Things take a turn when Kang Jae is asked by his boss to take the fall for a murder.
Access No.: OCLC: 48258362, OCLC: 50031940
Medium: VHS/DVD
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Title: Beijing Fan Dian
English title: The great chef/A Great Chinese Restaurant/Bukkyeong banjeom
Director: Ui-seok Kim
Writers: Hang-jun Kang/Cheon Myeon-Kwan/Gyu-tae Park
Main Cast: Seok-hun Kim/Se-bin Myeong/Goo Shin/Jun Jeong/Gye-nam Myeong
Release year: 1999
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: South Korea
Plot country/region: South Korea
Language: Korean
Corp. Author: Tai Seng Entertainment/Movie World
Descriptor: Chinese restaurant/Chinese cuisine/overseas Chinese/Chinese Korean/intercultural relationship/
Abstract: Han-kook starts to work as an apprentice chef at a Chinese restauraunt belonging to his father's friend, but rather than follow the painstaking process of preparing the food by hand, Han-kook begins to use pre-processed ingredients.
Access No.: OCLC: 216914504
Medium: DVD
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Title: Bei Jing Gu Shi
English title: A Great Wall
Director: Peter Wang
Writers: Shirley Sun/Peter Wang
Main Cast: Peter Wang/Sharon Iwai/Kelvin Han Yee/Qinqin Li/Xiaoguang Hu/Guanglan Shen/Kelvin Wong
Release year: 1986
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Production country/region: USA/China
Plot country/region: China
Language: English/Mandarin
Corp. Author: W & S Productions
Descriptor: Chinese American/cultural clash/inter-cultural relationship/family/overseas Chinese/cultural misunderstanding
Abstract: When computer programmer, Leo Fang, is passed up for promotion, he feels it is because he is Chinese, and quits. He takes his Chinese-American family to Mainland China to visit his relatives, the Chao's for a vacation. The clash of cultures, between the men, wives, and teenagers, leads to some confusion, and misunderstanding.
Access No.: OCLC: 61850868
Medium: DVD
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Title: Bei Jing Ren Zai Niu Yue
English title: A Native of Beijing in New York
Director: Xiaolong Zheng/Xiaogang Feng
Writers: Li Xiaoming et al.
Main Cast: Wen Jiang/Xiaopin Yan/Ji Wang
Release year: 1993
Genre: TV drama
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: USA/China
Language: Mandarin/English
Corp. Author: Beijing Television Art Centre/China TV Drama Production Centre/The Central TV Station of China
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/immigrants/study abroad/interracial relationship/family relationship/cultural clash/cultural assimilation/American dream/juvenile rebellion/diaspora
Abstract: The rush of educated youth from mainland China to the U.S. was a big phenomemun in the 1980s. The fate of these people & its impact on their families back home aroused great concern in China & is still much noted today. This series gives a realistic description of the life of the young "gold-diggers". With much hope & expectations, Wang Qiming, a musician from a Beijing orchestra & his wife, a doctor trained in traditional Chinese medicine, set foot in New York for the first time. They immediately find themselves deserted by their aunt & entirely on their own in an alien society. Their struggle to survive is accompanied by the painful process in which their own concepts & values are forced to give way to those of western culture.
Access No.: OCLC: 222325457
Medium: VHS
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Title: Bie Le Wen Ge Hua
English title: Farewell, Vancouver
Director: Baogang Zhao
Writers:
Main Cast: Ziqi Zhao/Kun Chen/Wu Jiang/Xiaoran Li/Fan Liao/BoBo Yihong Jiang/Rui Ma/Lin Zhao
Release year: 2003
Genre: TV drama
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: Canada/China
Language: Mandarin/English
Corp. Author:
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/immigrants/study abroad
Abstract: The TV drama series is based on a novel telling the lives of a few Chinese students staying in Canada. Xiao Xue hides in Luo Yi's apartment to avoid her abusive husband and discovers his little secret
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Title: Bu Jian Bu San
English title: Be There or Be Square
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Writers: Xiaogang Feng/Xiao Yang Gu
Main Cast: You Ge/Fan Xu
Release year: 1998
Genre: Comedy/romance
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: China/USA
Language: Mandarin
Corp. Author: Beijing Film Studio/Beijing Forbidden City Film Co./Sleiman/Tyrol Films
Descriptor: Immigrant/overseas Chinese/America/expatriate
Abstract: A romantic comedy about two Chinese expatriates living in the USA.
Access No.: OCLC: 53255145
Website: N/A

Title: Bu Ye Cheng/Fuyajo
English title: Sleepless Town
Director: Chi-Ngai Lee (Chih-yi Li)
Writers: Seishu Hase (novel)/Chi-Ngai Lee (writer)/Hisashi Nozawa (screenplay)
Main Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro/Mirai Yamamoto/Eric Tsang/Kippei Shiina/Sihung Lung/Kathy Chow/Seijun Suzuki
Release year: 1998
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong/Japan
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/Japan
Language: Japanese/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Kadokawa Shoten/Ocean Shores Video Ltd/Golden Scene Co/Asmik Ace Entertainment
Descriptor: Interracial relationship/
Abstract: Ryu Kenichi/Liu Jianyi is an outsider, a Taiwanese-Japanese man who lives in Kabukicho, a place where people of different tongues and races meet, where they fight each other to gain money, power and territory.
Access No.: OCLC: 43169531
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Title: Chen Shi Zong Le
English title: Chan is missing
Director: Wayne Wang
Writers: Isaac Cronin/Wayne Wang
Main Cast: Wood Moy/Marc Hayashi/Peter Wang
Release year: 1982
Genre: Drama/crime
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Cantonese/English
Corp. Author: Koch Lorber Films/KOCH Vision
Descriptor: Immigration/identity/assimilation/language barrier/inter-cultural relationship/interracial relationship/Chinatown/Chinese American/overseas Chinese/crime
Abstract: Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.
Access No.: OCLC: 62386356
Medium: DVD
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Title: Cheng Shi Zhi Guang
English title: Family light affair
Director: Alfred Cheung
Writers: Alfred Cheung
Main Cast: Anthony Chan/Kara Hui/Feng Ku/Lieh Lo/Bill Tung
Release year: 1984
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author:
Descriptor: Immigration/mainland China/Hong Kong/poverty/family life
Abstract: The film tells the story of a Chinese mainlander who goes to Hong Kong with his wife and two children in the hope of living a better life with the support of the man's father.
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Title: Cheng Wei Mei Guo Ren: Hua Ren De Jing Yan (Part I)
English title: Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (Part I) -- Gold Mountain Dreams
Director: Thomas Lennon
Writers: Thomas Lennon/Joseph Angier/Bill Moyers
Main Cast: N/A
Release year: 2003
Genre: TV series/documentary
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Films for the Humanities/Public Affairs Television/Thomas Lennon Productions/WNET, N.Y.
Descriptor: Chinese American/immigrants/cultural adaptation/cultural integration/diaspora/legal status/labor history/social conditions/immigration law/USA/California
Abstract: Traces the history and experiences of Chinese Americans; also includes personal journeys of AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho, market research pioneer Shirley Young, author Gish Jen, physicist Samuel Ting, and architect Maya Lin.
Access No.: OCLC: 52369492
Website: http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/

Title: Cheng Wei Mei Guo Ren: Hua Ren De Jing Yan (Part II)
English title: Becoming American: The Chinese Experience -- Between two worlds
Director: Thomas Lennon
Writers: Thomas Lennon/Mi Ling Tsui/Bill Moyers
Main Cast: N/A
Release year: 2003
Genre: TV series/documentary
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Films for the Humanities/Public Affairs Television/Thomas Lennon Productions/WNET, N.Y.
Descriptor: Chinese American/immigrants/cultural adaptation/cultural integration/diaspora/legal status/labor history/social conditions/immigration law/USA/California
Abstract: In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, this program begins with a description of the early 1880s when a wave of anti-Chinese sentiment swept across America, abetted by the Chinese Exclusion Act. Families were kept apart by both ancient custom and U.S. law. These immigrants were trapped between countries, at home neither in the U.S. nor in China. The law of the land, which separated these families, also provided relief as Chinese Americans turned to the courts for justice. Presents Chinese Americans contributions during World War II, and describes their struggles to prove their value both in war time and after returning home.
Access No.: OCLC: 52941919
Website: http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/

Title: Cheng Wei Mei Guo Ren: Hua Ren De Jing Yan (Part III)
English title: Becoming American: The Chinese Experience -- No Turning Back
Director: Thomas Lennon
Writers: Thomas Lennon/Bill Moyers
Main Cast: N/A
Release year: 2003
Genre: TV series/documentary
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Films for the Humanities/Public Affairs Television/Thomas Lennon Productions/WNET, N.Y.
Descriptor: Chinese American/immigrants/cultural adaptation/cultural integration/diaspora/legal status/labor history/social conditions/immigration law/USA/California
Abstract: In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, this program begins with the new immigration laws of 1965, which was a turning point for the Chinese in America and allowed a new wave of immigrants to enter the country. Provides information about discrimination against Chinese immigrants. Presents intimate portraits of the new Chinese Americans who face a struggle common to many immigrants: to reconcile some losses of their old culture in order to embrace their adopted American one.
Access No.: OCLC: 52941915
Website: http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/

Title: Chi Feng
English title: Eating Air
Director: Jasmine Ng Kin Kia/Kelvin Tong
Writers: Kelvin Tong
Main Cast: Michelle Chong/Benjamin Heng/Alvina Toh/Mark Lee/Joseph Cheong/Ferris Yeo/Andy Chng/Deborah Png
Release year: 1999
Genre: Action/romance
Production country/region: Singapore
Plot country/region: Singapore
Language: English/Mandarin/Hokkien/Malay
Corp. Author: YTC Pictures/Multi-Story Complex/InnoForm Media Pte Ltd.
Descriptor: Southeast Asia/teenager/motorbiker/overseas Chinese/identity/anti-hero protagonist
Abstract: About the joys and pangs of teenage love, this film seeks the delirious madness that makes 18-year-olds an age invincible to low fuels, fists and oil-puddles on the road. This film is about a boy, a girl, a motorbike, and no brakes.
Access No.: OCLC: 137232544
Website: N/A

Title:
English title: Chinese restaurants: Beyond frontiers
Director: Cheuk Kwan
Writers: Cheuk Kwan/Margaret S. Martin
Main Cast:
Release year: 2005
Genre: Documentary
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: India/Brazil
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin/English/Portuguese
Corp. Author: Tissa Films
Descriptor: Chinese cuisine/Chinese restaurant/overseas Chinese/Chinese diaspora/Chinese immigrants/interracial relationship/inter-cultural relationship/cultural clash/Chinese Brazilian/Chinese Indian/ethnic minority/ethnic marginalization
Abstract: Beyond Frontiers, based on the 15-part documentary series Chinese Restaurants, tells the story of the Chinese Diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon - the family-run Chinese restaurant. Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan travel to India and Brazil delving into Chinese communities who transcend geographical, political and social frontiers.
Access No.: OCLC: 77554264
Medium: DVD
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Title:
English title: Chinese Restaurants: Latin Passions
Director: Cheuk Kwan
Writers: Cheuk Kwan/Margaret S. Martin
Main Cast:
Release year: 2005
Genre: Documentary
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Peru/Brazil/Argentina
Language: English/Portuguese/Spanish
Corp. Author: Tissa Films
Descriptor: Chinese restaurant/overseas Chinese/Chinese diaspora/Chinese immigrants/interracial relationship/inter-cultural relationship/cultural clash/ethnic minority/ethnic marginalization/ethnic identity/Chinatown/Chinese cuisine/Chinese-Brazilian/Cultural assimilation/National characteristics/family-owned business/ethnic restaurants
Abstract: Latin Passions, based on the 15-part documentary series Chinese Restaurants, tells the story of the Chinese Diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon - the family-run Chinese restaurant. Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan visits Peru, Brazil, and Argentina exploring Latin passions in Chinese communities that have established themselves in South America.
Access No.: OCLC: 77554266
Medium: DVD
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Title:
English title: Chinese Restaurants: On the Islands
Director: Cheuk Kwan
Writers: Cheuk Kwan/Margaret S. Martin
Main Cast:
Release year: 2004
Genre: Documentary
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Mauritius/Trinidad/Cuba
Language: English/French/Spanish
Corp. Author: Tissa Films
Descriptor: Chinese cuisine/Chinese restaurant/overseas Chinese/Chinese diaspora/Chinese immigrants/interracial relationship/inter-cultural relationship/cultural clash/ethnic minority/ethnic marginalization/identity/Hakka Chinese/Chinese Fantasy
Abstract: On the Islands, based on the 15-part documentary series Chinese Restaurants, tells the story of the Chinese Diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon - the family-run Chinese restaurant. Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan takes us on a tour of restaurants in Mauritius, Trinidad, and Cuba, showing us Chinese communities that have become an integral part of these sensual and seductive islands in the sun.
Access No.: OCLC: 77554265
Medium: DVD
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English title: Chinese Restaurants: Song of the Exile
Director: Cheuk Kwan
Writers: Cheuk Kwan/Margaret S. Martin
Main Cast:
Release year: 2003
Genre: Documentary
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Israel/South Africa/Turkey
Language: English/Hebrew/Turkish
Corp. Author: Tissa Films
Descriptor: Chinese cuisine/Chinese restaurant/overseas Chinese/Chinese diaspora/Chinese immigrants/interracial relationship/inter-cultural relationship/cultural clash/Chinese Vietnamese/refugee /ethnic minority/ethnic marginalization/identity/Christian Chinese Israelis/Chinese Muslim
Abstract: Song of the Exile, based on the 13-part documentary series Chinese Restaurants, tells the story of the Chinese diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon - the family-run Chinese restaurant. Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan takes us on a tour of restaurants in Israel, South Africa and Turkey, bringing us into the lives of three extraordinary families as they share moving stories of struggle, courage, displacement and belonging, and what it means to be "Chinese" today.
Access No.: OCLC: 77554293
Medium: DVD
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Title:
English title: Chinese Restaurants: Three Continents
Director: Cheuk Kwan
Writers: Cheuk Kwan/Margaret S. Martin
Main Cast:
Release year: 2004
Genre: Documentary
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Madagascar/Norway/Canada
Language: English/French
Corp. Author: Tissa Films
Descriptor: Chinese cuisine/Chinese restaurant/overseas Chinese/Chinese diaspora/Chinese immigrants/interracial relationship/inter-cultural relationship/cultural clash/ethnic minority/ethnic marginalization/identity
Abstract: Three Continents, based on the 15-part documentary series Chinese Restaurants, tells the story of the Chinese Diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon - the family-run Chinese restaurant. Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan visits Madagascar, Norway and Canada, exploring the meaning of "home" in Chinese communities that have established themselves on three continents.
Access No.: 77554268
Medium: DVD
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Title: Chun Guang Zha Xie
English title: Happy Together/Buenos Aires Affair
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Writers: Kar Wai Wong
Main Cast: Leslie Chueng/Tony Leung Chiu Wai/Chen Chang
Release year: 1997
Genre: Drama/Romance
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Argentina/Taiwan
Language: Mandarin/Cantonese/Spanish
Corp. Author: Chun guang ying hua/Prenom H. Company/Seowoo Film Company/Jet Tone Production Company/Kino International Corp.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/homosexuality/gay relationship
Abstract: Yiu Fai and Po Wing left Hong Kong for a great waterfall in South America, but in the end are stuck on the streets of Buenos Aires. Yiu Fai's life takes on a new spin, while Po Wing's life shatters continually.
Access No.: OCLC: 56844840
Medium: DVD
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Title: Cuo Ai (Chor oi)
English title: Crossings
Director: Evans Chan (Yiu Shing Chan/Yiu-Shing Chan)
Writers: Joyce Chan/Evans Chan
Main Cast: Anita Yuen (Yongyi Yuan)/Simon Yam (Dahua Ren)/Monica Ha/Lindzay Chan
Release year: 2001
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Riverdrive Productions Ltd.
Descriptor: immigrant/intercultural relationship/gangster/drug/New York
Abstract: A romantic thriller begins when Mo-Yung, a young Hong Kong woman, arrives in New York to look for her boyfriend Benny, a Chinese-American "photographer". She has no idea that Benny is in fact a gangster and that the package he has asked her to deliver actually contains a shipment of heroin. Her failure to contact Benny casts her a drift in the Big Apple, while Benny's secret passion for Mo-Yung is stymied by Mabel, his wicked mistress"--Container.
Access No.: OCLC: 40137311
Medium: VHS
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title: Da she
English title: Lost Souls
Director: Tun Fei Mou
Writers: Fei Mok/Tung Yau Yip
Main Cast:
Release year: 1980
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Shaw Brothers
Descriptor: illegal immigrants/mainland China/smuggle/Hong Kong/gangster/intercultural relationship/crime
Abstract: Illegal immigrants from mainland China are smuggled into Hong Kong. They are captured by a gang, then raped, tortured, and murdered.
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Title: Dian Xin
English title: Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Director: Wayne Wang
Writers: Terrel Seltzer
Main Cast: Laureen Chew/Kim Chew/Victor Wong/Joan Chen
Release year:1985
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Mandarin/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Koch Lorber Films.
Descriptor: Chinese American/immigrant/prophecy/
Abstract: A Chinese immigrant widow faces the New Year with apprehension after it is predicted that it would be the year she dies. Her list of things to do, which includes seeing her daughter get married and visiting China one last time, soon comes into focus.
Access No.: OCLC: 62262786
Website: N/A

Title: Die Xue Jie Tou
English title: Bullet in the Head
Director: John Woo
Writers: Janet Chun/Patrick Leung/John Woo
Main Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai/Jacky Cheung/Waise Lee/Simon Yam/Fennie Yuen/Yolinda Yam
Release year: 1990
Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller/War
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/Vietnam
Language: Cantonese/English/Vietnamese/French
Corp. Author: Golden Princess Film Production Limited/John Woo Film Production
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/gangster/identity crisis/war crimes/
Abstract: In 1967, on the way to the wedding of a friend a young man is accosted by a local gang member. Later, the three friends administer justice, in the process of which the gang member is killed, so they leave Hong Kong to avoid the police and the gang. They run black market supplies to Saigon and get embroiled in the war, being arrested as Viet Cong, then later captured by the Viet Cong, and find that their friendship is tested to the limits as they try to escape.
Access No.: OCLC: 40988584
Medium: DVD
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English title: Eve and the Fire Horse
Director: Julia Kwan
Writers: Julia Kwan
Main Cast: Vivian Wu/Hollie Lo/Phoebe Kut/Lester Chit-Man Chan
Release year: 1989
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: English/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Red Storm Productions/Holiday Pictures/Firelight Cinema Productions/Golden Horse Productions/Mongrel Media
Descriptor: immigration/overseas Chinese/children/religion/superstition/Canada/cultural confusion/COnfucius/cultural clash/Vancouver/Buddhism/Catholicism/childhood growth
Abstract: Eve is a precocious nine year-old girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional Chinese immigrant family in Vancouver where Confucian doctrines, superstitious obsessions and divine visions abound. When Buddhism and Catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for Eve and her 11-year-old prim and authoritative sister, Karena, escalates into a fantasia of catastrophe, sainthood and cultural confusion.
Access No.: OCLC: 126897481
Medium: DVD
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Title: Fei Fa Yi Min
English title: The Illegal Immigrant
Director: Zhang Wanting (Mabel Cheung/Yuen-Ting Cheung)
Writers: Alex Law
Main Cast: Yung-cho Ching/Ruben Pla/Fusheng Wu
Release year: 1985
Genre: Drama/romance
Plot keywords: Illegal immigrant/dysfunctional family/marriage/green card/overseas Chinese
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Cantonese/English/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Shaw Brothers
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/immigrant/diaspora
Abstract: Cheung, an illegal immigrant in a completely Chinese area of New York, is caught by two US Immigration Officers. He arranges to pay Cindy Li, the Chinese-American sister of his young friend, to marry him to help his application for a green card. The Immigration Officers are suspicious that the marriage is a sham when they don't find them living together. Meanwhile Dai Fu is threatening Cheung and his roommate, another illegal immigrant, if they don't make the payments for being smuggling into the US.
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Title: Fei Yue Huang Hun
English title: Beyond the sunset
Director: Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung
Writers: Kam Cheong Chan/Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung
Main Cast: Bo-Bo Fung/Chi Wai Law/Lowell Lo/Richard Ng/Alexander Roels/Cecilia Yip
Release year: 1989
Genre: Drama/comedy
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Meiah Laser Disc/Meng gong chang dian ying zhi zuo you xian gong si
Descriptor: family relationship/marriage/senior citizen/immigration/overseas Chinese
Abstract: Tales of senior citizens growing old in Hongkong communities and their need for social interrelation.
Access No.: OCLC: 50223914
Medium: VCD
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Title: Fu Gui Zai Bi Ren
English title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World 2/The Return of the Mad, Mad, Mad World Part II
Director: Clifton Ko
Writers:
Main Cast: Bill Tung/Lydia Shum/Loletta Lee/Elsie Chan/Lowell Lo/Pauline Kwan
Release year: 1988
Genre: Comedy
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: D & B Films Co. Ltd.
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/family relationship/cultural clash/intercultural relationship/immigrants/assimilation
Abstract: The film is part II of a triology about the Biu family. The father is offered a job at his office's branch in Canada. The new job offer sends shock waves through out the family. At first the family is reluctant until they finally cave into leaving all of their family and friends and head off for Canada. The family have to adjust to the culture clash and the foreign environment.
Access No.: OCLC: 61698620
Medium: DVD
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Title: Fu Lu Shou
English title: Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity
Director: Mina Shum
Writers: Dennis Foon/Mina Shum
Main Cast: Sandra Oh/Valerie Tian/Ric Young/Chang Tseng/Russell Yuen/Donald Fong/Christina Ma/Alannah Ong/Tsai Chin/
Release year: 2002
Genre: Comedy/Family/Drama/Romance more
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: English/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Film Movement/RB Publishing/Odeon Films/Oasis International/Shaftesbury Films.
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/family relationship/Chinese Canadian/Taoism
Abstract: Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to find her mother a boyfriend and fix her mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.
Access No.: OCLC: 54432249
Medium: DVD
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Title: Fu Sheng
English title: Floating Life
Director: Clara Law
Writers: Eddie Ling-Ching Fong/Clara Law
Main Cast: Bruce Poon/Julian Pulvermacher/Toby Chan/Toby Wong/Cecilia Fong/Sing Lee/Annie Yip/Anthony Wong
Release year: 1996
Genre: Drama
Plot keywords:
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country: Australia
Language: German/English/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Southern Star Entertainment Pty. Ltd.
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese /Australia/immigrants
Abstract: Several members and generations of the same Chinese family try to cope with modern life in China, Hong Kong, Australia, and Germany.
Access No.: OCLC: 48439014

Title: Fu Shi Lian Qu (Fau sai luen kuk)
English title: To Live
Director: Evans Chan (Yiu Shing Chan/Yiu-Shing Chan)
Writers: Evans Chan
Main Cast: Lindzay Chan/Kin Chung Fung/Ping Ha/Josephine Koo/Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming
Release year: 2001
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/China
Language: Cantonese/English
Corp. Author: Riverdrive Productions Ltd.
Descriptor: immigrant/refugee/family/Tian'anmen Square incident/intercultural relationship/cultural clash
Abstract: A film inspired by actress Liv Ullmann's 1990 visit to Hong Kong, where she decried the forced deportation of 51 Vietnamese refugees. The uncertainty of life there when China takes over following the Tiananmen Square incident pushes one couple to immigrate to Australia, while another decides to stay in Hong Kong. Imaginary letters to Ms. Ullmann by the woman who stays helps to explain the culture clash between East and West.
Access No.: OCLC: 41517176
Medium: VHS
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Title: Fuente amarilla, La
English title: The Yellow Fountain
Director: Miguel Santesmases
Writers: Antón Casariego/Martín Casariego/Miguel Santesmases
Main Cast: Silvia Abascal/Eduardo Noriega/Salvador Madrid/Carlos Wu/Yunja Carolina Choi
Release year: 1999
Genre: Drama/action/crime
Production country/region: Spain/France
Plot country/region: Spain
Language: French/Spanish
Corp. Author: Vanguard Cinema/Tanelorn Films/Mate Producciones S.A.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/mafia/gang crime/Chinese triad/identity/immigrant/cultural assimiltation/interracial relationship/interethnical relationship
Abstract: In Chinese mythology, the Yellow Fountain is the spring where the souls of the dead come to quench their thirst. Lola's Eurasian parents have already drunk at the fountain with Lola witnessing their tragic end. Setting off on the trail of her parent's murderers, Lola begins her search with the only clue she has: a name scribbled on the back of a card for a Chinese restaurant.
Access No.: OCLC: 48994897
Medium: DVD
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Title: Ge Wu Sheng Ping
English title: All's Right with the World
Director: King Wai Cheung (Jingwei Zhang)
Writers:
Main Cast:
Release year: 2007
Genre: Documentary
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong
Language: Vietnamese/Cantonese/Mandarin/Thai
Corp. Author: Beautiful Productions/CNEX
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/new immigrant/poverty reduction/comprehensive subsidy/human rights/equality/societal polarization/wealth-poverty divide
Abstract: All’s Right with the World describes a few families in Hongkong. Their tragic fates are different in approach but equal in effects, making the audience wander who’s who and what’s the relationship between them when viewing the film. As a matter of fact, the sole relation is that all five families receive comprehensive subsidies, while each story has its own development. They may have different reasons to be poor and different living conditions, but they share a similar state of existence, almost accustomed and adapted to poverty. Their ways of celebrating the Chinese New Year is described, which have many differences and similarities to the typical New Year celebration
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Title: Gua Sha
English title: Gua Sha Treatment/The Treatment
Director: Xiaolong Zheng
Writers: Mark Byers
Main Cast: Wenli Jiang/Tony Leung Ka Fai/Hollis Huston
Release year: 2001
Genre: Drama
Plot keywords: Overseas Chinese/Chinese American/cultural misunderstanding
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Beijing Zijincheng ying ye gong si/ Huayi Brothers/Taihe Film Investment Co/Beijing TV & Film Arts Center
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/Chinese American/traditional Chinese medication/gua sha treatment/cultural shock
Abstract: Xu Datong, a Chinese immigrant to the U.S., achieves success and believes he has become a true American. However, when his father visits from China and uses a Chinese medical technique, Gua sha, on his young son, which leaves bruises, he is accused of child abuse.
Access No.: OCLC: 62280023
Website: N/A

Title: Gui Lao
English title: Ghosts
Director: Nick Broomfield
Writers: Nick Broomfield/Jez Lewis
Main Cast: Marc Hoeferlin/Ai Qin Lin/Man Qin Wei/Zhe Wei/Zhan Yu/Yong Aing Zhai
Release year: 2006
Genre: Adventure/drama
Production country/region: UK
Plot country/region: UK
Language: Mandarin/English
Corp. Author: Channel 4 Television Corporation/Film4/Head Gear Films (executive producer)/Lafayette Films
Descriptor: Illegal immigrants/smuggle/Chinese/Britain
Abstract: Dramatisation of the events in which a group of Chinese illegal immigrants were drowned, whilst fishing for cockles.
Access No.: OCLC: 137247478
Website: N/A

Title: Guon Gwon De Zhou Yu
English title: The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West
Director: Marion Wong
Writers: Loh Bok Lai/James Lee
Main Cast: Marion Wong/Violet Wong
Release year: 1916
Genre: Silent movie/Drama
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Independent Film
Descriptor: American Chinese
Abstract: A story that depicts an American Chinese family troubled by an ancient Chinese curse.
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Title: Hai Nan Ji Fan
English title: Rice Rhapsody/Hainan Chicken Rice
Director: Kenneth Bi
Writers: Kenneth Bi
Main Cast: Sylvia Chang/Martin Yan/Mélanie Laurent/LePham Tan/Craig Toh/Alvin Chiang/Maggie Q
Release year: 2005
Genre: Drama/comedy
Production country/region: Singapore/Hong Kong/Australia
Plot country/region: Singapore
Language: English/Mandarin/French
Corp. Author: JCE Movies/Arclight Films/Singapore Film Commission/Kenbiroli Films/Ground Glass Images/Scorpio East Entertainment
Descriptor: Homosexuality/interracial relationship/overseas Chinese/single mother/family life/restaurant
Abstract: Abandoned by her husband, Jen raised her three sons alone by running a restaurant, using a secret Hainan chicken rice recipe. Fearing that her third son, Leo will follow in the footsteps of his gay elder brothers, Jen and her best friend-cum-culinary competitor, Kim Chui device plans to keep Leo straight. Things take a dramatic turn when young French girl, Sabine, enters their lives and overturns their traditional values.
Access No.: OCLC: 62457701
Medium: DVD
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Title: Hong Fan Qu
English title: Rumble in the Bronx/Red Bronx/Zizanie dans le Bronx
Director: Stanley Tong
Writers: Edward Tang/Fibe Ma
Main Cast: Jackie Chan/Anita Mui/Fran?oise Yip/Bill Tung/Marc Akerstream/Garvin Cross
Release year: 1995
Genre: Drama/comedy
Production country/region: Hong Kong/Canada
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Cantonese/French/English
Corp. Author: Golden Harvest Company/Maple Ridge Films/New Line Cinema
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/Chinese American/immigration/gang activity/Kung Fu/interracial relationship/interethnical relationship/inter-cultural interaction
Abstract: Keung, a Hong Kong cop, comes to New York to see his uncle get married. The uncle has recently sold his store to Elaine, who wants to sell it after she refuses to pay protection money to a biker gang. When Keung finds out about her situation, he does all he can to protect her. Meanwhile, a crippled Chinese boy is surprised to discover that someone has stashed stolen diamonds in his wheelchair. He and Keung become friends and work on solving this case.
Access No.: OCLC: 40094843
Medium: DVD
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Title: Hong Men
English title: Red doors
Director: Georgia Lee
Writers: Georgia Lee
Main Cast: Tzi Ma/Jacqueline Kim/Elaine Kao/Freda Foh Shen/Kathy Shao-Lin Lee
Release year: 2005
Genre: Drama/comedy
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Blanc de Chine Films/Red Doors Entertainment
Descriptor: Homosexuality/interracial relationship/overseas Chinese/Chinese American/family life/immigration/cultural clash/inter-cultural relationship/New York/feminism
Abstract: The film tells the story of the Wongs, a bizarrely dysfunctional Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Ed Wong has just retired and plots to escape his mundane life. However, the tumultuous, madcap lives of his three rebellious daughters change his plans.
Access No.: OCLC: 73336091
Medium: DVD
Website: http://www.reddoorsthemovie.com/

Title: Hou Niao
English title: Migratory Bird
Director: Yah Ming Ding
Writers: Hui-Ling Wang
Main Cast: Rene Liu/Pin-Yuan Huang/Ah Lei Gua/Hua Yueh
Release year: 2001
Genre: Comedy/romance
Production country/region: Taiwan
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: Mandarin/English
Corp. Author: ZoomHunt International Ltd./Central Motion Picture Corp./Winson Entertainment Distribution
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/immigrants/family relationship/marriage/sexuality/cultural clash/middle-age crisis/Chinese Canadian
Abstract: A melodrama about the struggles among three generations from one family where' marriage, love and sex are under the challenge when the husband must stay abroad to making living while the wife is suffering the loneliness, the grandparents encounter middle-age crisis, and the young children are confused about their sexuality.
Access No.: OCLC: 57511546
Medium: DVD
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Title: Hu Yue De Gu Shi
English title: God of Killers/The Story of Woo Viet
Director: Ann Hui
Writers: Alfred Cheung
Main Cast: Yun-Fat Chow/Cora Miao/Cherie Chung/Lieh Lo/Dave Brodett
Release year: 1981
Genre: Drama/action
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/USA
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Beverly Wilshire Filmworks.
Descriptor: Refugee/Vietnamese/prostitution/political disturbance/immigration/illegal human cargo/Chinatown/gangster
Abstract: Wu Viet, a Vietnamese refugee trying to reach Hong Kong, discovers that his fellow refugees are mysteriously disappearing from the camp. He escapes to the Philippines with Shun Ching, a Vietnamese girl, only to encounter more trouble. The girl is kidnapped and Chow is forced to work for a vicious and morally bankrupt gangland boss.
Access No.: OCLC: 46889065
Medium: DVD
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Title: Huo Bao Ma Ji
English title: Better Luck Tomorrow
Director: Justin Lin
Writers: Ernesto Foronda/Justin Lin/Fabian Marquez
Main Cast: Parry Shen/Jason J. Tobin/Shirley Anderson/Sung Kang/Roger Fan/Karin Anna Cheung
Release year: 2002
Genre: Crime/Drama
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Rouge Productions LLC/Just Cause Productions LLC
Descriptor: Asian American/identity/juvenile delinquent/drug dealing/interenthnical relationship/petty crime/interracial relationship
Abstract: A group of seemingly "perfect" Asian American high-school buddies lead double lives. They fly high in a world of petty crime and material excess - a free-wheeling lifestyle that soon takes a downward spiral, leading to an unexpected, violent end.
Access No.: OCLC: 52605934
Medium: DVD
Website: http://www.betterlucktomorrow.com/

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Title: Ji Dao Zhui Zong
English title: Zodiac Killers
Director: Ann Hui
Writers: Raymond To/Nien-Jen Wu
Main Cast: Andy Lau/Cherie Chung/Junichi Ishida/Yasuaki Kurata/Ky?ko Kishida/Chung Hua Tou
Release year: 1991
Genre: Crime/Drama/Romance
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Japan
Language: Cantonese/Japanese
Corp. Author: Golden Harvest Co. Ltd./Friend Cheers Ltd.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/immigrants/interracial relationship/gang crime/diaspora/intercultural relationship/study abroad
Abstract: Acclaimed Hong Kong director Ann Hui spins this crime drama about Chinese immigrants struggling to get ahead in Japan. Ben is a Chinese student with a fiery temper who is making a go at working as a tour guide. One day he meets fellow student Meng Tieh-lan. He immediately falls for her but she is simply not interested. When Tieh-lan's visit sponsor starts demanding physical favors in return, she returns into the arms of a yakuza named Asano, who is not only wanted by the cops but also by his fellow gangsters. When his former comrades do nab him, he gives Tieh-lan a tape and tells her to give it to Ishikawa, the boss to a rival gang. The tape contains evidence that Asano's boss double-crossed and then killed Ishikawa's boss in a drug deal years ago. With no one else to turn to, Tieh-lan gets Ben to help her drop off the tape and flee Japan.
Access No.: OCLC: 40559454
Medium: VHS
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Title: Jin Bi Hui Huang
English title: Fujian Blue
Director: Robin Weng Shou Ming
Writers: Robin Weng Shou Ming
Main Cast: Liu Haochen/Luo Jin/Chen Shu/Lin Yile/Wang Yinan/Li Zhaolin/Xiaopeng Zhu
Release year: 2007
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: China
Language: Mandarin/Taiwanese
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Descriptor: overseas Chinese/illegal immigrants/human trafficking/family relationship/remittance widows/snakeheads/gang crime/blackmailing
Abstract: The film tells two overlapping stories, the first about "Amerika" and his delinquent friends in the town of Fuqing, the second about their friend Dragon who's from Pingtan and is thinking of buying his way out of the country. The kids in Part One are rowdy hedonists who pay for their jollies by blackmailing women who have affairs while their husbands are abroad; their endless high comes crashing to earth once they've targeted Amerika's own clueless mother. Dragon in Part Two has an elder brother who's managed to get into Ireland; his own dreams of emigrating by any means necessary are dashed when he loses a large sum of cash, but his family goes into massive debt to buy him an illegal passage.
Access No.: OCLC: 214123167
Medium: DVD
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Title: Jin Yu
English title: Goldfish
Director: Jennifer Hsia
Writers: Jennifer Hsia
Main Cast: Michelle Ho/Chun-hao Tuan/Stephanie Kwong/Alexander Aquino
Release year: 2006
Genre: Comedy/drama
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Rouge Productions LLC/Just Cause Productions LLC
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/immigrants/interracial relationship/intercultural relationship/youth growth/assimilation/cultural conflict/identity
Abstract: Goldfish is a movie about five young Asian twenty-somethings, at that crucial point of growing up. They're searching for love, friendship, and direction that resonate with anyone who's ever felt lost. Most of their parents are wealthy corporate business people in Taiwan who have sent them to America for a better education and standard of living. Like goldfish that swim aimlessly in a predator-free tank, these young Asian kids are trapped in this perfect world and realize that the only meaning of life is to stay alive.
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Title: Ke Tu Qiu Hen
English title: Song of the Exile
Director: Ann Hui
Writers: Nien-Jen Wu
Main Cast: Maggie Cheung/Li Zixiong/ Nai-chung Chou/Teng-fei Lin/Nianzhen Wu/Chi-man Chung/Yang Ch`en/Hsiao-fen Lu
Release year: 1991
Genre: Drama
Plot keywords: Family / Flashback Sequence / Immigration
Production country/region: Taiwan/Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Macao/Hong Kong/Japan/China/Britain
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Cos Group
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese /Japan/Hong Kong/immigrants
Abstract: Graduating from a university in Britain, Hueyin Cheung returns home to attend her sisters wedding but quickly finds herself at social and emotional odds with her seemingly imperious mother. The turbulent homecoming revives Heuyins memories of the changed atmosphere of her childhood in Macao. Hueyin reluctantly agrees to accompany her mother on a visit to her once rich and prominent family in Japan. There, she begins to understand that she and her mother are very much alike, both having suffered similar feelings of loss and alienation throughout their adult live.
Access No.: OCLC: 27275404

Title: Kinamand
English title: Chinaman
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz
Writers: Kim Fupz Aakeson
Main Cast: Bjarne Henriksen/Vivian Wu/Lin Kun Wu
Release year: 2005
Genre: Comedy
Plot keywords: Overseas Chinese/Denmark/immigrant/marriage
Production country/region: Denmark/China
Plot country/region: Denmark
Language: Danish
Corp. Author: Fine & Mellow Productions
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/Denmark/immigrant/marriage
Abstract: Keld, an overweight, uninspired Danish plumber, is alone. When his bored, frustrated wife leaves him, he begins to eat dinner at the family-run Chinese take-out across the street. Working methodically through the numbered menu, he finds an unexpected friend in Feng, a genial man with his own concerns. Keld helps fix the plumbing in the diner, and then Feng asks for assistance with another problem: his Chinese sister requires a marriage of convenience to stay in Denmark. Enter Ling (Vivan Wu), a young woman who is not at all comfortable with this "strictly pro-forma" arrangement. Over time, Ling's gentle influence brings Keld into a world of tradition, full of surprising rewards and life-changing affection.
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Title: Kuang Wen E Luo Si
English title: Kiss Russia
Director: Qingdong Xu
Writers: Junxiang Ma
Main Cast: Gong Feng/Zhenhua Niu/Jingwu Ma/Yingtao Liu/Qian Wang
Release year: 1994
Genre: Drama/comedy
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: China
Language: Mandarin/Russian
Corp. Author: Beijing Film Studio
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/immigrants/overseas merchants/cultural clash/interracial relationship/intercultural relationship/Chinese Russian
Abstract: Music teacher Dajiang divorced and had trouble in his job. His friend encouraged him to go to Russia doing some business. In Russia, nice and honest Dajiang won his love.
Access No.: OCLC: 123007674
Medium: VCD
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Title: Liang Wu Yi Qi
English title: My Americanized Wife
Director: Anthony Chan
Writers: Anthony Chan/James Yuen
Main Cast: Teresa Mo/Julie Lee/Andrew Chiway Chan/Anthony Chan/Jeffrey Chan/Sandra Ng Kwan Yue
Release year: 1992
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Cantonese/English
Corp. Author: Mobile Film Production Ltd
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/immigrants/family relationship/marriage/cultural assimilation/illegal immigrants/Americanization/relationship estrangement
Abstract: A Hong Kong family illegally emmigrate to the United States. The father eventually goes back to Hong Kong to raise more money but the wife and child stay behind. Several years have passed and the father legally comes back to be with his wife and child. During the time, the family experiences the usual "fish out of water" syndrome as they try to adjust to their new home in America.
Access No.: OCLC: 51653586
Medium: VHS
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Title: Long Xing Tian Xia
English title: The Master
Director: Hark Tsui
Writers: Kei To Lam/Tai-Muk Lau/Hark Tsui(story)
Main Cast: Jet Li/Wah Yuen/Crystal Kwok/Jerry Trimble/Anne Rickets/Rueben Gonzáles
Release year: 1989
Genre: Action
Production country/region: USA/Hong Kong
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Paragon Films Ltd.
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/cultural clash/intercultural relationship/immigrant/martial arts/Kung Fu/gang crime/mafia/organized crime/interracial relationship
Abstract: Coming to America to visit his master, Jet found his master's herb shop destroyed by a local gangster and his master gone hiding. Being indignant and vengeful, Jet is prepared to inflict punishiment on the gangster.
Access No.: OCLC: 50193029
Medium: DVD
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Title: Long Zai Ta Xiang
English title: Dragon Boys
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Writers: Ian Weir
Main Cast: Byron Mann/Steph Song/Tzi Ma/Eric Tsang/Chang Tseng/Darryl Quon/Christina Ma/Lawrence Chou/Chiu-Lin Tam
Release year: 2007
Genre: TV drama
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: Mandarin/Cantonese/Khmer/English
Corp. Author: Anchor Point Pictures Inc.
Descriptor: Crime/overseas Chinese/gangster/gang activity/immigrant/police/Asian Canadian
Abstract: Set in Richmond and Vancouver, British Columbia, DRAGON BOYS, is both compelling family drama and a high-octane thriller. The two-part, four-hour mini-series centres on a Chinese Canadian police detective and an immigrant family who confront a deadly threat from Asian organized crime.
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Title: Luo Niao
English title: Chinese Chocolate
Director: Yan Cui
Writers: Qi Chang (novel)/Qi Chang (screenplay)/Yan Cui (writer)
Main Cast: Shirley Yan Cui/James Purcell/Diana Peng Tan/Bo Z. Wang
Release year: 1998
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: English
Corp. Author: Image Entertainment
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/immigrants/sexuality/family relationship/interracial marriage/intercultural relationship/homosexuality/lesbians/women immigrants
Abstract: Following their dreams to the West, two young Chinese women journey to Canada on the same plane in 1986. A sensual story about searching for love in a strange land.
Access No.: OCLC: 52524849
Medium: DVD
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Title: Mai Qi Man Ha Dun
English title: Taking Manhattan
Director: Kirk Wong
Writers: Chi-Sing Cheung/Kit Lai/Raymond To
Main Cast: Carrie Ng/Chi Yin Lui/Connie Cabret/Andrew Chiway Chan/Stephan B. DeMasco/Vince Giantomasi
Release year: 1992
Genre: action
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Friend Cheers Ltd.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/crime/intercultural relationship/interracial relationship/family relationship
Abstract: A Hong Kong policeman and his wife emigrate to New York city, where he finds himself entangled in a complex and dangerous crime that involves his wife and another rich overseas Chinese couple they make acquaintance with.
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Title: Mei Guo Xin
English title: Just Like Weather
Director: Allen Fong
Writers: Chong Chau Ng
Main Cast: Hung-Nin Chan/Allen Fong/Ying-Wah Lam/Chi-Keung Lee/Yuk Guen Lee/Chi-hung Cheng
Release year: 1986
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: USA/Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Meiah Entertainment
Descriptor: Immigration/Hong Kong/marriage/family/youngster/career
Abstract: A depiction of a young couple in Hong Kong facing dilemmas of life, career and emmigration.
Access No.: OCLC: 225507200
Medium: VCD
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Title: Meng Long Guo Jiang
English title: Fury of the Dragon/Return of the Dragon/Revenge of the Dragon/The Way of the Dragon
Director: Bruce Lee
Writers: Bruce Lee
Main Cast: Bruce Lee/Nora Miao/Chuck Norris/Ping Ao Wei/Chung Hsin Huang/Robert Wall/Ing-Sik Whang
Release year: 1972
Genre: Action/Comedy/Crime/Drama/Thriller
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Italy
Language: Mandarin/English/Italian
Corp. Author: Golden Harvest Co. Ltd./Concord Productions Inc.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/gang crime/interracial relationship/mafia/Kung Fu/Chinese martial arts/intercultural relationship
Abstract: In this high-kicking martial arts thriller, a young man is called to Rome to help a family friend whose restaurant is being targeted by local gangsters. Used to getting their own way, these ruthless men make the mistake of underestimating the young man's ingenuity. When they are unable to get rid of him, they call in an international martial arts champion , creating the ultimate clash of kung fu masters in the ancient city's majestic coliseum
Access No.: OCLC: 62242615
Medium: DVD
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Title: Mian Zi
English title: Saving Face
Director: Alice Wu
Writers: Alice Wu
Main Cast: Joan Chen/Lynn Chen/Michelle Crusiec
Release year: 2005
Genre: Drama/comedy/romance
Plot keywords: Overseas Chinese/Chinese American/immigrant
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Mandarin/Shanghainese
Corp. Author: Sony Pictures Classics/Destination Films/Overbrook Films/Forensic Films/GreeneStreet Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/Chinese American/woman/lesbian/family/drama
Abstract: A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Access No.: OCLC: 61251206
Website: http://www.sonyclassics.com/savingface/

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English title: My American Vacation
Director: V.V. Dachin Hsu
Writers: V.V. Dachin Hsu
Main Cast: Tsai Chin/Dennis Dun/Roger Fan/Sasha Hsuczyk/Kim Miyori/Deborah Nishimura
Release year: 1999
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Santa Monica Pictures/Winn Entertainment
Descriptor: Family relationship/overseas Chinese/immigrants/inter-cultural relationship/cultural clash/vacation
Abstract: A Chinese grandmother joins her family in America for a vacation, touring California in a RV. The bonds of family are tested in this bittersweet and often humorous drama about life, love and the pursuit of ying and yang.
Access No.: OCLC: 54529304
Medium: DVD
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Title: Qian Yan Wan Yu
English title: Ordinary heroes
Director: Ann Hui (Anhua Xu)
Writers: Kin Chung Chan
Main Cast: Kang-sheng Lee/Anthony Wong Chau-Sang/Loletta Lee/Kwan-Ho Tse
Release year: 1998
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/China
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Class Limited
Descriptor: politics/social movement/Hong Kong
Abstract: Tung takes care of Snow, the woman whom he falls in love with, and helps her to recall her lost memories; losing her entire family in a catastrophic fire at the Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Sheeter; her childhood friends Tung, Ah Kam etc., and; Yau, a man whom her affection totally belongs to but also the man who gives all forlornness to her.
Access No.: OCLC: 46886516
Medium: DVD
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TTitle: Qing Cha Ye Yi Min
English title: The Immigration Policeman
Director: Chi Kwong Luk
Writers: Chi Kwong Luk
Main Cast: Ho Kwong Tang/Philip Chan/Kenneth Tsang
Release year: 1989
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/the U.S.
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author:
Descriptor: immigration/police/overseas Chinese/Chinatown
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Title: Qiu Tian De Tong Hua
English title: An Autumn’s Tale
Director: Zhang Wanting (Mabel Cheung/Yuen-Ting Cheung)
Writers: Alex Law/Chi-Yeuh Low
Main Cast: Yun-Fat Chow/Cherie Chung/Danny Chan Bak-Keung
Release year: 1987
Genre: Drama/romance
Plot keywords: Immigrant/New York/Hong Kong/overseas Chinese
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Cantonese/English/Japanese
Corp. Author: D&B Films Co. Ltd.
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/immigrant/diaspora/Hong Kong/love drama/study abroad/America/New York
Abstract: Jennifer, a young woman from Hong Kong, comes to New York to study and join her boyfriend, only to find that he has a new girlfriend. A warm-hearted cousin helps her through the difficult time, and Jennifer learns to adjust to life in the big city.
Access No.: OCLC: 48246863
Website: N/A

Title: Qiu Yue
English title: Autumn Moon
Director: Clara Law
Writers: Eddie Ling-Ching Fong
Main Cast: Peihui Li/Nagase Masatoshi/Choi Siu Wan/Kinchi Maki
Release year: 1993
Genre: Comedy/drama
Production country/region: Hong kong/Japan
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/Canada
Language: Cantonese/Japanese/English
Corp. Author: Fortissimo Films/Image Entertainment
Descriptor: Hong Kong/Japan/Chinese/immigration/cultural barrier
Abstract: A Chinese teenager invites a young man for a home cooked meal by her 80 year old grandmother. As their platonic friendship develops, so do the subtle relationships between generations and upheavals in traditional Hong Kong society.
Access No.: OCLC: 162191070
Website: N/A

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Title: Ren Zai Niu Yue
English title: Full Moon in New York
Director: Stanley Kwan
Writers: Tai On Ping Yan/Acheng Zhong
Main Cast: Sylvia Chang/Maggie Cheung/I-Chen Ko/Josephine Koo/John Reidy/Gaowa Siqin/Luke Valerio
Release year: 1990
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong/USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Mandarin/Cantonese/English
Corp. Author: Shiobu
Descriptor: Immigration/feminist/cultural clash/cultural confusion/interracial relationship/diaspora/overseas Chinese/Chinatown/family/New York/friendship/marriage/career
Abstract: Three women, from Taiwan, mainland China, and Hong Kong respectively try to overcome socio-cultural differences to forge a friendship based on mutual suffering and understanding in surviving life in the New York city.
Access No.: OCLC: 45848398
Medium: DVD
Website:

Title: Ren Zai Tian Ya
English title:
Director: Clara Law
Writers: Eddie Ling-Ching Fong/Clara Law
Main Cast: Charlie Chin/Terry Hu/Ling Ling Hsia/Yonglin Ma
Release year: 1977
Genre: Drama
Plot keywords:
Production country/region: Taiwan
Plot country:
Language: German/English/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Southern Star Entertainment Pty. Ltd.
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese /Australia/immigrants
Abstract: Several members and generations of the same Chinese family try to cope with modern life in China, Hong Kong, Australia, and Germany.
Access No.: OCLC: 48439014

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Title: Sha Shou Hao
English title: The Big Brawl/Battle Creek Brawl
Director: Robert Clouse
Writers: Robert Clouse
Main Cast: Jackie Chan/José Ferrer/Kristine DeBell/Ron Max/David Sheiner/Rosalind Chao
Release year: 1980
Genre: Action/Comedy
Production country/region: USA/Hong Kong
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Golden Harvest Co. Ltd/Warner Bros.
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/cultural clash/intercultural relationship/immigrants/martial arts/Kung Fu/gang crime/mafia/organized crime/interracial relationship
Abstract: Jerry Kwan is a Chinese living in 1930s America. His father is forced to pay the Mafia protection, and Jerry won't stand for it, picking a fight with some Mafia-goons. The Mafia see Jerry's potential as a fighter, and kidnap his brother's fiancé, forcing Jerry to fight for them in the Battle Creek Brawl: an anything goes, winner-takes-all, fighting competition.
Access No.: OCLC: 53901809
Medium: DVD
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Title: Shang Yi Dang
English title: Conned once
Director: Qun He/Baolin Liu
Writers: Hong Wang/Xiaolong Zhang
Main Cast: You Ge/Xue Ju/Ge Geng
Release year: 1992
Genre: Comedy
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: China
Language: Mandarin
Corp. Author: Fujian Film Studio/Beijing Dong fang ying yin gong si/Guangdong Dong Ya yin xiang zhi zuo you xian gong si.
Descriptor: immigration/education/teacher
Abstract: Just resigned from the position of middle school teacher and preparing for emigration, Liu Shan becomes a teacher again, a favor he does for a friend. His personality and teaching style makes him very popular with students. However, he has to leave the school when the "contract" expires.
Access No.: OCLC: 44064771
Medium: DVD
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Title: Shanghai Jia Qi
English title: My American Grandson
Director: Ann Hui
Writers: Nien-Jen Wu
Main Cast: Ma Wu/Lai Wang/Chia-ling Liu
Release year: 1991
Genre: Drama
Plot keywords: Family / Flashback Sequence / Immigration
Production country/region: Taiwan
Plot country/region: China
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Golden Film Ltd.
Descriptor: Family / Flashback Sequence / Human Relationship
Abstract: Vacationing in Shanghai, an American-Chinese boy stays with his grandfather and experiences an old-fashioned Chinese family life-style. Although in the beginning he is ill-adjusted, eventually he becomes very much at home with the old culture and wishes to return for his next vacation.
Access No.: OCLC: 29402854

Title: Shao Nu Xiao Yu
English title: Siao Yu
Director: Sylvia Chang (Zhang Ai Jia)
Writers: Ang Lee/Sylvia Chang/Geling Yan (novel)
Main Cast: Rene Liu/Marj Dusay/Chung Hua Tou/Daniel J. Travanti/Tai-Feng Hsia
Release year: 1995
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Taiwan
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Mandarin/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Central Motion Pictures Corp./Mei Ah Entertainment Group Ltd.
Descriptor: illegal immigrant/fake marriage/green card/interracial relationship
Abstract: A Chinese girl enters into a fake marriage in order to become an American permanent resident, but when she obtains the PR, her boyfriend leaves her.
Access No.: OCLC: 66090180, OCLC: 222291460
Medium: VHS/DVD
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Title: Shi Cha Qi Xiao Shi
English title: Life, Translated
Director: Agan
Writers: Jennifer Li/Kiefer Liu
Main Cast: Edison Chan/Jennifer Li
Release year: 2004
Genre: Comedy/romance
Plot keywords: Overseas Chinese/study abroad/Britain
Production country/region: UK/China
Plot country/region: UK
Language: English/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Balagan Productions
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese student/cultural adaptation/study abroad
Abstract: A depiction of a 16-year-old Chinese girl’s experiences when studying in Britain.
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Website: N/A

Title: Shuang Xi
English title: Double Happiness/Bonheur aigre-doux
Director: Mina Shum
Writers: Mina Shum
Main Cast: Sandra Oh/Stephen Chang/Donald Fong/Frances You/Alannah Ong/Callum Keith Rennie
Release year: 1995
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: English/Cantonese
Corp. Author: New Line Home Entertainment/Fine Line Features/First Generation Films/New Views/Image Entertainment
Descriptor: Asian American/immigrant/cultural clash/interracial marriage/parent-child relationship/family
Abstract: Jade must choose between family and personal happiness. Her parents want her to marry a successful Chinese man and she wants to make her own decisions. When she falls in love with a white university student, the fa?ade of the perfect Chinese daughter begins to crack. A story about pursuing your dreams while living up to everybody else's.
Access No.: OCLC: 123087957
Website: N/A

Title: Si Shui Liu Nian
English title: Homecoming
Director: Ho Yim
Writers: Liang Kong
Main Cast: Josephine Koo/Gaowa Siqin/Weixiang Xie/Yun Zhou
Release year: 1984
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/China
Language: Mandarin/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Bluebird Movie Enterprises Ltd.
Descriptor: Immigration/Guangdong/family relationship/Hong Kong/divorce/diaspora
Abstract: Returning home after many years of absence, one has found that everything has dramatically changed, and there is the feeling that time goes by so fast, just like running water.
Access No.: OCLC: 80434565
Medium: VHS
Website:

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Title:
English title: True North
Director: Steve Hudson
Writers: Steve Hudson
Main Cast: Peter Mullan/Martin Compston/Gary Lewis/Angel Li/Wang Li Jun/Ren Hao
Release year: 2006
Genre: Drama/thriller
Production country/region: Germany/Ireland/UK
Plot country/region: Ireland/UK/Germany
Language: English
Corp. Author: Ariel Films/Makar Films/Rosebud Films/Samson Films
Descriptor: smuggle/Chinese/illegal immigrant/interracial relationship
Abstract: The skipper of the Scottish trawler PD-100 has worked for more than thirty-two years to buy his fishing vessel but is bankrupt and near to lose his ship to the bank. While in the port of Ostend, Belgium, his first mate and son Sean accepts a lot of money to smuggle Chinese illegal immigrants to Scotland to keep the trawler with his father. The crewman Riley helps him in the scheme, and they hide the group in a store below the boatswain store. However, a Chinese teenagers hides in the engine room, stealing food and leaving money in the galley. The cook, who is a little slow and has issues with sex, finds the stowaway and helps her. Sean decides to stay longer in the North Sea to get catch and avoid problems with customs, leaving the immigrants in the most subhuman conditions. When one of the Chinese dies, despair is triggered leading the crew to tragic actions.
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Title:
English title: The Diary of Evelyn Lau
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Writers: Evelyn Lau (book)/Barry Stevens (writer)
Main Cast: Sandra Oh/Harrison Liu/Yan Cui
Release year: 1993
Genre: TV Drama
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: English
Corp. Author: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Descriptor: Teenager/drug/prostitution
Abstract: A teenage girl runs away from home and her very strict mother, becomes a prostitute and drug-addict, which she writes a book about.
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Title: Tui Shou
English title: Pushing Hands
Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Ang Lee/James Schamus
Main Cast: Sihung Lung/Lai Wang/Bo Z. Wang/Deb Snyder
Release year: 1996
Genre: Drama/comedy
Plot keywords: Asian American/Game of Go/ Family conflict/Immigration/ Interracial relationship
Production country/region: Taiwan
Plot country: USA
Language: Mandarin/ English
Corp. Author: Ang Lee Productions
Descriptor: Chinese /America /immigrants
Abstract: A tai-chi master and widower moves from Beijing to a New York suburb to live with his only son. With a daughter-in-law who has no use for him and an ever-changing society, problems quickly arise. He is forced to call upon his tai-chi teachings and it's "pushing hands" to give him the balance needed to survive in this poignant and comic tale.
Access No.: OCLC: 56323982

Title: Tian Mi Mi
English title: Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Director: Peter Chan
Writers: Ivy Ho
Main Cast: Leon Lai, Maggie Cheung, Eric Tsang
Release year: 1996
Genre: Drama/romance
Plot keywords: First love/Hong Kong/love
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country: Hong Kong/USA
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin/English
Corp. Author: Golden Harvest Company
United Filmmakers Organization (UFO)
Abstract: A love story about two young hearts trying their best not to fall in love with each other.
Access No.: OCLC: 52776088

Title: Tie Yu Si
English title: Iron & Silk
Director: Shirley Sun
Writers: Mark Salzman (autobiography/screenplay)
Main Cast: Vivian Wu/Mark Salzman/Qingfu Pan/Jeanette Lin Tsui
Release year: 1990
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Production country/region: USA/Japan
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Chinese
Corp. Author: Prestige Film/Sun Productions/Tokyo Hoso/Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Descriptor: Kung Fu/inter-cultural relationship/cultural clash/Chinese culture
Abstract: In this autobiographical film, Mark Franklin studies and practices martial arts for two years in China. In the process, he learns much about himself and traditional Oriental ways.
Access No.: OCLC: 57582324
Medium: DVD
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Title: Tou Ben Nu Hai
English title: Boat People
Director: Ann Hui
Writers: Tai An-Ping Chiu
Main Cast: George Lam/Andy Lau/Season Ma/Cora Miao
Release year: 1982
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Vietnam
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Bluebird Movie Enterprises Ltd.
Descriptor: Refugee/Vietnam/diaspora/war
Abstract: The plight of Vietnam after the war as seen through the eyes of a Japanese reporter who re-visits the place three years later.
Access No.: OCLC: 31706453
Medium: DVD
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Title: Tou Du Ke/Wei Xian Lv Cheng
English title: Human Cargo
Director: Sheng Tao
Writers:
Main Cast: Ji Wang/Michael Chow Man-Kin/Lucy Yan
Release year: 2002
Genre: TV Drama
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: USA/China
Language: Mandarin
Corp. Author:
Descriptor: Snake head/illegal human smuggling/USA/overseas Chinese/illegal immigration/stowaway
Abstract:
Access No.: OCLC: 58470185
Medium: DVD
Website:

Title: Ta Chu Zhong Guo Cheng
English title: Now Chinatown
Director: Steven Dunning
Writers: Steven Dunning
Main Cast: Lianne X. Hu/Steven Dunning/Dino Herrmann/Emanuele Arnone
Release year: 2000
Genre: drama/romance
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Pathfinder Home Entertainment/Darque Pictures
Descriptor: immigrant/cross cultural relationship/cultural misunderstanding/USA/Chinatown
Abstract: Lee is sent from her home in Asia to come and work in America for someone she doesn't even know. She sends money back home to care for her family and ailing grandmother. Her world becomes the dark streets and back alleyways of Chinatown. In the restaurant where she works, one hilarious busboy tries to be her hero, another simply wants to seduce her.
Access No.: OCLC: 51774810
Website: N/A

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Title: Wo Ai Tai Kong Ren
English title: The other 1/2 & the other 1/2/The Other Half & the Other Half
Director: Clara Law
Writers: Eddie Ling-Ching Fong
Main Cast: Kwok-Leung Gan/Cora Miao/Niu Tien/Eric Tsang
Release year: 1988
Genre: Drama/comedy/romance
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Canada/Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Alan & Eric Films Ltd.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/emigrants/family relationship
Abstract: A story of the love that develops between Sam and June, who are married to others but share an apartment in Hong Kong after their spouses emigrate to Canada.
Access No.: OCLC: 30818758
Medium: VHS
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Title: Wu Du Qing Chou
English title: Misty
Director: Peter Pau
Writers: Yuen-Leung Poon
Main Cast: Waise Lee/Tony Leung Ka Fai/Carrie Ng/Gloria Yip
Release year: 1992
Genre: Action/romance
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: UK
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author:
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/gang crime/interracial relationship/mafia/study abroad
Abstract: The film tells a story about two tragic triangle love relationships among two Hong Kong students studying in the UK, a girl named Xiao Chao and her stepfather Cheung, Cheung's assistant Hong and his lover Sally.
Access No.: OCLC: 222563335
Medium: VHS
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Title: Wo Qin Ai De Zu Guo
English title:
Director: Yiran Liu
Writers: Yiran Liu
Main Cast: Jianbin Chen/Li Yuan/Yuanyuan Zhu/Bai Qing Xin
Release year: 2000
Genre: TV Drama
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: China/USA
Language: Mandarin/English
Corp. Author:
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/study abroad/intercultural relationship
Abstract:
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Website: http://www.mtime.com/movie/65666/details.html

Title: Wo Zi Ji De De Yi Zhi
English title: My Own Private Deutschland
Director: Liang Qiao
Writers: Tiange Wu/Yun Shao
Main Cast: Jiaming Guo/Lu Zhang
Release year: 2007
Genre: Drama
Plot keywords: Overseas Chinese/study abroad/Germany
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: Germany
Language: German/Mandarin
Corp. Author: N/A
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese student/cultural adaptation/study abroad/Germany
Abstract: A depiction of a Chinese student’s experiences when studying in Germany.
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Title: Xi Fu Hui
English title: The Joy Luck Club
Director: Wayne Wang
Writers: Amy Tan (novel)
Amy Tan (screenplay) &
Ronald Bass (screenplay)
Main Cast: Ming-Na Wen/ Vivian Wu/ Tsai Chin/ Lisa Lu/Meijuan Xi
Release year: 1993
Genre: Drama/romance
Plot keywords: Mahjong/Female Bonding/Half Sister/Friendship between Women/ Cultural Difference
Production country/region: USA
Plot country: China/USA
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin/English
Corp. Author: Hollywood Pictures
Descriptor: Chinese American women/mothers and daughters/gender relations/immigrants
Abstract: Through a series of flashbacks, four young Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship.
Access No.: OCLC: 30083080

Title: Xi Yan/Hsi yen
English title: The Wedding Banquet
Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Ang Lee/Neil Peng/James Schamus
Main Cast: Winston Chao/May Chi/Ah Lei Gua/ Mitchell Lichtenstein/ Sihung Lung /Dion Birney
Release year: 1993
Genre: Comedy/drama/romance
Plot keywords: Pregnancy / Landlord / Painting / Restaurant / Scam
Production country/region: Taiwan
Plot country/region: Taiwan/USA
Language: Mandarin/English
Corp. Author: Central Motion Pictures Corporation
Good Machine
Abstract: Comedy about the age-old conflict between parents and their children. In New York, the Taiwanese half of a gay couple hopes to end his parents' matchmaking by announcing that he's engaged. What he doesn't count on is that they'll fly in to meet the bride and plan the nuptials.
Descriptor: Gay men -- Family relationships -- Taiwan -- Drama.
Gay couples -- United States -- Drama.
Taiwanese -- Family relationships -- Drama.
Taiwanese -- United States -- Drama.
Taiwanese Americans -- Drama.
Gay men -- United States -- Drama.
Interethnic dating -- United States -- Drama.
Chinese -- United States -- Drama.
Illegal aliens -- United States -- Drama.
Access No.: OCLC: 31191372

Title: Xian Ren Zhang
English title: Run
Director: Man Gon Cheung/Chung Hon Siu
Writers: Chung Hon Siu/Wai Nam Ku/Pooi Ying Au
Main Cast: Leon Lai/Veronica Yip/Ho Chin/Eric Kot/Jan Lamb/Yun-Fat Chow/Lung Chan
Release year: 1994
Genre: Drama/action
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Mexico
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Golden Harvest Co. Ltd.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/hitman/crime
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Title: Xiao Liu Xue Sheng
English title: Little Overseas Chinese
Director: Xiaoyang Pan
Writers: Zhiqiang Yuan
Main Cast: Baihui Xu/Shu Xie/Qingqing Sun
Release year: 1993
Genre: TV drama
Production country/region: China
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: Mandarin/English
Corp. Author: CCTV China TV Drama Production Centre
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/immigrants/study abroad/interracial relationship/family relationship/cultural clash/cultural assimilation
Abstract: The TV series shows how four Chinese teenagers become more mature and independent after surviving their three-year studies in Canada.
Access No.: OCLC: 225589332
Medium: DVD
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Title: Yi
English title: The Home Song Stories
Director: Tony Ayres
Writers: Tony Ayres
Main Cast: Joan Chen/Yiwu Qu/Steven Vidler/Irene Chen
Release year: 2007
Genre: Drama
Plot keywords: Overseas Chinese/Australia/immigrant
Production country/region: Australia/Singapore
Plot country/region: Australia
Language: English/Mandarin/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Film Finance Corporation Australia. ; Film Victoria. ; Scorpio East Entertainment (Firm)
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/Australia/feature film/drama/immigrant
Abstract: A nightclub singer falls in love with a Chinese illegal immigrant in Australia but is faced with worse consequences when her 16-year-old daughter falls in love with the same man.
Access No.: OCLC: 192109217
Website: http://www.homesongstories.com

Title: Yu Nian
English title: Year of the Fish
Director: David Kaplan
Writers: David Kaplan
Main Cast: An Nguyen/Tsai Chin/Ken Leung/Randall Duk Kim
Release year: 2007
Genre: Animation/romance/fantasy/suspense
Plot keywords: Overseas Chinese/Chinatown/Cinderella
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Funny Cry Happy
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/rotoscoping/
Abstract: A modern-day adaptation of Cinderella based on an old Chinese version of the story.
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Website: http://www.yearofthefish.com

Title: Yi Wan Cha
English title: Eat a Bowl of Tea
Director: Wayne Wang
Writers: Louis Chu (novel)/Judith Rascoe (screenplay)
Main Cast: Cora Miao/Russell Wong/Victor Wong/Siu-Ming Lau
Release year: 1989
Genre: Drama/romance
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Columbia Pictures.
Descriptor: Chinatown/Chinese American/cultural bridging
Abstract: In New York's Chinatown of the late 1940's, young Ben Loy, fresh out of the service, has his whole life spread out before him - including a job, an apartment and a marriage arranged by his father.
Access No.: OCLC: 52692663
Website: N/A

Title: Yao Mo Da Nao Tang Ren Jie
English title: Big Trouble in Little China
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: Gary Goldman/David Z. Weinstein
Main Cast: Kurt Russell/Kim Cattrall
Release year: 1986
Genre: Action/Fantasy/Adventure/Comedy
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation/Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Descriptor: Chinese American/adventure/Chinatown/street gang/supernatural/martial arts/ghost
Abstract: Jack Burton is a big-talking, wisecracking trucker who goes beneath the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown to battle an army of spirits when his friend's fiancee is kidnapped.
Access No.: OCLC: 50659309
Website: N/A

Title: Yan Wei Die
English title: Swallowtail Butterfly
Director: Shunji Iwai
Writers: Shunji Iwai
Main Cast: Hiroshi Mikami/Chara/Ayumi Ito/Yosuke Eguchi/Andy Hui Chi-On/Atsuro Watabe/Tomoko Yamaguchi/Nene Otsuka/Kaori Momoi/Yoriko Douguchi/Mickey Curtis/Tetsu Watanabe
Release year: 1996
Genre: Drama/Crime
Production country/region: Japan
Plot country/region: Japan
Language: Japanese/English/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Rockwell Eyes Inc.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/gang crime/interracial relationship/illegal immigrants
Abstract: After a young girl's mother dies, she is cared for by Griko, a hooker, who gives the girl the name "Ageha" (Butterfly). Griko and her buddies are all "Yentowns" immigrants who've come to Japan looking for fortune and fame. They live in a shantytown on the outskirts of Tokyo. Ageha transforms from a shy girl into a well-rounded woman through trials.
Access No.: OCLC: 51533529
Medium: DVD
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Title: Yi Ge Hao Ren
English title: Mr. Nice Guy/A Nice Guy/No More Mr. Nice Guy/SuperChef
Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Writers: Fibe Ma/Edward Tang
Main Cast: Jackie Chan/Richard Norton/Miki Lee/Karen McLymont/Sammo Hung Kam-Bo/Vince Poletto/Gabrielle Fitzpatrick
Release year: 1998
Genre: Action/Comedy/Crime
Production country/region: Hong Kong/Australia/USA
Plot country/region: Australia
Language: English/Mandarin/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Golden Harvest Co. Ltd
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/Chinatown/Kung Fu/Chinese martial arts/gang crime/interracial relationship
Abstract: Jackie Chan is a celebrity chef turned reluctant hero after he rescues a pretty journalist from the clutches of a ruthless drug lord. With the gang in hot pursuit, this mild-mannered chef cooks up his own recipe for justice!
Access No.: OCLC: 41983436
Medium: DVD
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Title: Yi Min Shi Jie
English title: Pickles Make Me Cry
Director: Peter Chow
Writers: Joseph Kung Shing Chow/Peter Chow
Main Cast: Ken Forman/Thomas Hsiung/Karen Lee/Asie Laos/Betty Yu/Billy Wong/Stephen Chen
Release year: 1988
Genre: Drama/thriller/comedy
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: USA
Language: Cantonese/English
Corp. Author: Tai Seng Video Marketing Inc./Rainbow Audio & Visual Inc./Asia Videos.
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/interracial relationship/inter-cultural relationship/cultural clash/cultural assimilation/immigration/Chinese American/gang crime
Abstract: Comedy-thriller about a young New York City Chinese couple, William and Jeannie. William is shot by a mean Chinatown gang which is trying to extort money from the couple's friends.
Access No.: OCLC: 81872864
Medium: VHS
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Title: Ying Xiong Ben Se III
English title: A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
Director: Hark Tsui
Writers: Yiu Ming Leung (screenplay)/Foo Ho Tai (screenplay)/Hark Tsui (writer)
Main Cast: Yun-Fat Chow/Tony Leung Ka Fai/Anita Mui/Kien Shih/Sabur Tokit
Release year: 1989
Genre: Action
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Vietnam/Hong Kong
Language: English/Vietnamese/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Film Workshop/Golden Princess Film Production Limited
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/immigrant/civil war/friendship
Abstract: In 1974 Cheung Chi-mun and his cousin Mark want to leave South Vietnam. Despite the efforts of the corrupt military they succeed in leaving for Hong Kong and set up a small business there. They return to Vietnam to search for Chow Ying-kit, a woman with a dangerous past, just before the fall of Saigon.
Access No.: OCLC: 51812385
Medium: DVD
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Title: Ying xiong hao han
English title: Tragic Hero/Rich and Famous 2/Heroic Hero/Hero
Director: Taylor Wong
Writers: Stephen Siu
Main Cast: Yun-Fat Chow/Andy Lau/Alex Man/Pauline Wong/Carina Lau/Danny Lee/Fui-On Shing/Chun Hiang Ko
Release year: 1987
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/Malaysia
Language: Cantonese/English/Mandarin
Corp. Author: Win's Movie Productions Ltd/Johnny Mak Productions
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/gangster/triad/revenge/crime
Abstract: Yung conspires to eliminate the triad leader Li Ah Chai, but his plan backfires when Li retires and becomes a legitimate businessman. Yung then goes on a killing rampage in his relentless fight for power, compelling Li to return to violence and end the bloodshed once and for all.
Access No.: OCLC: 57353921
Medium: DVD
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Title: Yu Cha Li Si Wu Can
English title: Lunch With Charles
Director: Michael Parker
Writers: Michael Parker
Main Cast: Ching Wan Lau/Nicholas Lea/Theresa Lee/Bif Naked/Fran?oise Yip/Tom Scholte/Philip Granger/Peter Wilds
Release year: 2001
Genre: Drama/comedy/romance
Production country/region: Hong Kong/Canada
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/Canada
Language: English/Cantonese
Corp. Author: Foreign Exchange Films/Holiday Pictures Ltd./Newfull Development Co.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/immigrants/interracial relationship/cultural clash/intercultural relationship/family relationship
Abstract: Three years ago, April's career allowed her to emmigrate to Canada. She has been working happily ever since. Her personal life, however, is in turmoil. Her husband, Tong, remains in Hong Kong, where he struggles to make it as a singer/songwriter. Since marrying, he has had to eke out a living as a realtor. Unfulfilled, and increasingly insecure about his talents, he is terrified to emigrate to Canada. If he cannot succeed in his own country, in his own language, how can he possibly attain fulfillment in Canada? When Tong finally comes to Canada, hoping to appease his wife, he meets another woman.
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Title: Yuan Fen Xin Tian Kong
English title: Give Love a Chance
Director: San Yuen Taam/Guocheng Wu
Writers:
Main Cast: May Kwong/Shung-kei Cheung/Shung Tak Cheung
Release year: 1994
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: Cantonese
Corp. Author: Star Entertainment Co. Ltd.
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/family relationship
Abstract: Leaving his selfish girlfriend, a guy meets a girl during a brawl. They fall in love, but when they move in together, he runs into trouble again.
Access No.: OCLC: 222754731
Medium: VHS
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Title: Yue Man Ying Lun
English title: Foreign Moon
Director: Zeming Zhang
Writers: Zeming Zhang
Main Cast: Vicky Chen/Harrison Liu/Daming Chen/Tanya Broome/Vanessa Earl
Release year: 1995
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: UK
Language: Cantonese/English
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Descriptor: overseas Chinese/marriage/interracial relationship/diaspora/American Chinese/inter-cultural relationship/interethnic relationship/study abroad
Abstract: Lan Lan arrives in England from mainland China to live in London and study music at university, thanks to a kind sponsor who has agreed to pay her tutition fees. Not speaking English she struggles to find her way to her sponsor's house but is helped by the kindly Su Tong. The first night at her sponsor's home and Lan Lan learns that the fees being paid depends on her marrying the man's son, so the next morning she leaves and turns to Su Tong for help. Unwilling to go back to China, she tries to make her new life start in a flat with Su Tong and his friend Deng Lin.
Access No.: OCLC: 67969774
Medium: VHS
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Title: Yin Shi Nan Nu
English title: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Ang Lee, James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang
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Release year: 1994
Genre: Comedy/romance/drama
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Plot country: Taiwan/USA
Language: Chinese
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Abstract: A story about a widower with three daughters. He is a famous head cook in a restaurent. After his wife passed away, the families do not have a good communication. His three daughters have their own ways to live, but he never knows until the last second. This is a film talking about the generation gaps.
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Title: Zhong Guo Ren De Ji Hui
English title: Chinaman's Chance
Director: Aki Aleong
Writers: Aki Aleong/Jim Leung (contributing screenwriter)
Main Cast: Reggie Lee/Timothy Bottoms/Jason Connery/Coolio/Danny Trejo/Ernest Borgnine/Olivia Hussey/Lorenzo Lamas
Release year: 2008
Genre: Action/Drama/History/Western
Production country/region: USA
Plot country/region: USA
Language: English
Corp. Author: Mustardseed-Films/Chinaman's Chance (USA)/Crafted Films
Descriptor: Overseas Chinese/immigrants/racial injustice/interracial relationship/frontier justice/Christian/equality/martial arts
Abstract: 1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time when people of color had "no legal rights" and could be bought and sold for a profit.
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Website: http://www.chinamanschance.com/

Title: Zhu Sheng Mei Zhi Yi Ya Huan Ya
English title: Crossline
Director: Jamie Luk
Writers: Jamie Luk
Main Cast: Mike Browne/T.L. Mark/Oliver Tan/Yuen Si Chow/Ching Laan Mak/Aau Mei So
Release year: 1996
Genre: Drama
Production country/region: Hong Kong
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: Cantonese/English
Corp. Author: Tai Seng Video Marketing Inc.
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/juvenile rebellion/immigrants/cultural clash/interracial relationship/family relationship/intercultural relationship/cultural assimilation/cultural marginalization
Abstract: The film tells a story about a group of rebellious juvenile immigrants in Canada who find themselves unable to get adapted and fit into the new society and culture. They therefore resort to various self-indulgence and self-destructive activities to vent their anger and challenge the environment and system they are in.
Access No.: OCLC: 48776223
Medium: VHS
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Title: Zui Hou De Du Ju
English title: The Last Casino
Director: Pierre Gill
Writers: Steven Westren
Main Cast: Charles Martin Smith/Katharine Isabelle/Kris Lemche/Julian Richings/Albert Chung/Normand D'Amour
Release year: 2004
Genre: Comedy/TV Drama
Production country/region: Canada
Plot country/region: Canada
Language: English
Corp. Author: Astral Films/Cité-Amérique Cinèma Télévision Inc./Corus Entertainment/Movie Network, The (TMN)
Descriptor: overseas Chinese/gambling/study abroad/casino
One deadbeat teacher discovers that three of his students are great math wizzes and decides to teach them how to count cards and make lots of money. As they learn how to play the casinos, things get tricky when the debt owing teacher informs them that their front man wants restitution for loses (of supposed $500,000 Canadian) in about a weeks time. The three students decide to hit all the major casinos in Ontario and Quebec until discovered. Will they make the money needed? Or will they suffer the concequences?
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Title: Zhi Ai Mo Sheng Ren (Ji oi mak sun yen)
English title: Innocent
Director: Simon Chung (Desheng Zhong)
Writers: Simon Chung (Desheng Zhong)
Main Cast: Timothy Lee
Release year: 2005
Genre: drama
Production country/region: Hong kong/Canada
Plot country/region: Hong Kong/Canada
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin/English
Corp. Author: Picture This! Home Video (Firm)/Asia Video Publishing Co.
Descriptor: Hong Kong/immigrant/Canada/male homosexuality/cultural adaptation/gay teenager
Abstract: 17-year-old Eric follows his parents to immigrate to Canada and is thus forced to confront different emotional and cultural problems. He must not only adjust to the new environment, but also come to terms with his homosexuality. Standing at the brink of adulthood, he encounters a series of potential romantic interests - his handsome cousin, a schoolmate, a middle aged lawyer and finally a kitchen helper. They represent different stages in Eric's development, from infatuation, sex, love to a sense of responsibility.
Access No.: OCLC: 80015590
Website: N/A