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In the end, Chan remains missing but, through his daughter, returns Jo and Steve's money. Jo, holding a photo of Chan where his face is completely obscured, eventually accepts that Chan is an enigma, saying in a voiceover, "here's a picture of Chan Hung but I still can't see him."
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.
May 31, 2022 · Wang did shoot an ending in which Jo and Steve actually find Chan Hung and get some answers regarding his disappearance, but the director realized that such a rote resolution felt incongruous with the rest of the movie.
Jun 4, 1982 · Chan Is Missing: Directed by Wayne Wang. With Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew, Peter Wang. Two cab drivers search San Francisco's Chinatown for the mysterious Chan, who disappeared with their $4000.
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- Drama, Mystery
- Wayne Wang
- 1982-06-04
Apr 24, 1982 · Chan's estranged wife, a haughty, thoroughly Americanized lawyer, dismisses Chan as a hopeless case, that is, as ''too Chinese.''. There are reports that Chan: 1. has returned to Taiwan to...
Chan Is Missing. A mystery man, a murder, and a wad of missing cash—in his wryly offbeat breakthrough, Wayne Wang updates the ingredients of classic film noir for the streets of contemporary San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Sep 7, 2016 · September 7, 2016. Essential low-budget mystery Chan Is Missing (1982), a metaphysical detective story about San Francisco cabdriver Jo’s (Wood Moy) search for truant business partner Chan,...
