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Rating: 7.5 stars

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san francisco chinese american missing person taxi driver

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Chan Is Missing (1982)

Directed by Wayne Wang

Drama | Comedy | Mystery

Overview

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.

Length 76 minutes

Actors

Wood Moy | Marc Hayashi | Laureen Chew | Peter Wang | Presco Tabios | Frankie Alarcon | Judi Nihei | Ellen Yeung | George Woo | Emily Woo Yamasaki | Virginia R. Cerenio | Roy Chan | Leong Pui Chee

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I hadn’t seen this since shortly after it first came out in 1982.  It was very nostalgic for me, seeing San Francisco in the 1980s.  Also, I better appreciated and understood the Chinese-American experience on this viewing.

A couple of lines really cracked me up.  A restaurant cook says, “We don’t have won ton soup.  We have won ton spelled backwards: not now!”

And a guy sings to the tune of “Staying Alive”:  You can tell by the way I use my wok, I’m a Chinese cook.

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