6.0The Jade Pendant · 2017
The Jade Pendant (2017) is a Drama / History film directed by Leong Po-Chih, starring Godfrey Gao, Clara Lee, Tzi Ma.
6.0The Jade Pendant (2017) is a Drama / History film directed by Leong Po-Chih, starring Godfrey Gao, Clara Lee, Tzi Ma.
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.
Godfrey Gao, Clara Lee, Tzi Ma, Mark Boone Junior, Russell Wong, Tsai Chin, Chen Tang, Nina Wu
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Find a movie by describing itFleeing 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.
The Jade Pendant was released in 2017.
The cast includes Godfrey Gao, Clara Lee, Tzi Ma, Mark Boone Junior.