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The Jade Pendant (2017)
Directed by Po-Chih Leong
Overview
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.
Length 106 minutes
Actors
Godfrey Gao | Clara Lee | Russell Wong | Mark Boone Junior | Tsai Chin | Tzi Ma | Chen Tang | Nina Wu | Sue Wong | Brian Yang | Perry Yung | Raymond Ma | Christine Ko