The Joy Luck Club (film)

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The Joy Luck Club
Directed by Wayne Wang
Produced by Oliver Stone
Written by Amy Tan (writer)
Starring Ming-Na
Rosalind Chao
Lauren Tom
France Nuyen
Tamlyn Tomita
Kieu Chinh
Lisa Lu
Tsai Chin
Distributed by Hollywood Pictures
Release date(s) September 8, 1993
Running time 139 min.
Language English/Mandarin/Cantonese
IMDb profile

The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 American movie about the relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese mothers. It was based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Amy Tan. The film was produced by Oliver Stone and directed by Wayne Wang. The cast is notable for consisting primarily of Asian American women.

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Chinese: (Traditional) 喜福會 (Simplified) 喜福会 pinyin: Xi Fu Hui

Four older women, all Chinese immigrants living in San Francisco, meet regularly to play mah-jong, eat, and tell stories. Each of these women have adult Chinese-American daughters. The film reveals the hidden pasts of the older women and explores cultural conflict and the relationships between mothers and daughters. The film is structured as a series of vignettes told from the perspectives of the different women.


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