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In this understated comedy from director Wayne Wang, Jo (Wood Moy), a cab driver in San Francisco's Chinatown, and his nephew, Steve (Marc Hayashi), have placed their combined savings into the ...
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The title "Chan is Missing" is almost a pun, because Charlie Chan is missing from this film, and what replaces him is a warm, low-key, affectionate and funny look at some real Chinese-Americans. The movie's plot is simplicity itself.
Chan Is Missing is a 1982 American independent comedy-drama film directed, co-written, produced and edited by Wayne Wang. It is his solo directorial debut.
May 31, 2022 · Chan Is Missing is in deep conversation with elements of that tradition, especially in how it insists upon the multivalence of Chinese American identity as a rejoinder to over a century of racist stereotyping.
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000.
CHAN IS MISSING, is the landmark debut feature film by Wayne Wang. The film concerns San Francisco cab drivers Jo and Steve searching the streets of Chinatown and questioning local characters in search of the mysterious eponymous character who ran off with their money.
About this movie. arrow_forward. Set in San Francisco, cab drivers Wood Moy and Marc Hayashi search the streets of Chinatown and questioning local characters in search...
