1. Chan Is Missing (1982) — Reel SF
Cab drivers Jo (Wood Moy) and his nephew Steve (Marc Hayashi) have entrusted $4,000 to Jo's friend Chan Hung to buy them a cab license so they can become ...
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2. Chan Is Missing | Rotten Tomatoes
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), ...
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 hands of the shady and mysterious Chan. When this unreliable holder of their funds disappears, Jo and Steve become amateur investigators and attempt to track him down, meeting with resistance -- and plenty of humorous characters and situations -- along the way.
3. Why Don't You Look in the Puddle? | Chan is Missing (1982) - BW/DR
Nov 30, 2019 · Chan Is Missing follows two Chinatown cab drivers: middle-aged Jo (Wood Moy) and his hotheaded nephew Steve (Marc Hayashi).
In the end, the profound mysteries of 'Chan Is Missing' never cease, inviting repeat viewings for all who seek the truth.
4. Chan Is Missing (1982) directed by Wayne Wang • Reviews, film + cast
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, ...
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.
5. A Viewing of “Chan is Missing” (1982) - Pacific Ties
Jun 18, 2024 · The 1982 film “Chan is Missing” (dir. Wayne Wang) brings into question the complex identities of Asian American characters and the depth of ...
The 1982 film “Chan is Missing” (dir. Wayne Wang) brings into question the complex identities of Asian American characters and the depth of Chinese portrayal on screen. The characters supersede the stereotypical identity brought on by the internalization of racial American ideologies and create a narrative of ever-expanding growth through characters that don’t fit into racist Hollywood tropes.
6. Chan is Missing - Screen Slate
Joe (Wood Moy) and Steve (Marc Hayashi) are partners in Wing On Cab Company, and they're in dire straits. They've given all their savings to a shady immigrant ...
Wayne Wang was born in Hong Kong and named after John Wayne. He moved to the States, scraped together a shoestring budget from AFI and The National Endowment for the Arts, and made his debut feature, Chan is Missing, in 1982. Reviewers praised it for being not only about Chinese-Americans but also for them; it wasn't just another tour guide of San Francisco's Chinatown emphasizing the authentic and the exotic—the jade statues, reflexologists, and chicken feet. Still, it's obsessed with Chinese-American identity.
7. Wayne Wang's CHAN IS MISSING - Film Forum
1982 San Francisco cab drivers Wood Moy and Marc Hayashi search the streets of Chinatown and question local characters in search of the mysterious eponymous ...
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8. Chan is Missing (1982) - Not Even Past
Jun 21, 2016 · In this affectionate insider's portrait of San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1970s, director Wayne Wang riffs on the well-known adventures ...
See Also王德順 JumpsuitIn this affectionate insider’s portrait of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 1970s, director Wayne Wang riffs on the well-known adventures of Charlie Chan, the stereotyped Chinese-American 1930s film detective, by following the meandering investigation of two cab drivers.
9. Chan is Missing - The Music of Asian America Research Center
Chan is Missing is one of the first feature-length narrative films of the Asian American cinema movement, and is noted for its authentic portrayal of San ...
Back to Asian Americans on Celluloid Timeline Chan Is Missing (1982) Director, Producer and Co-Writer: Wayne Wang Length: 82 minutes View this film on:...
10. Indie Film | Chan Is Missing (1982) - DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Feb 23, 2023 · Explore Wayne Wang's "Chan Is Missing," a wry, observational film about two cabbies searching for Chan in 80s San Francisco.
Explore Wayne Wang’s "Chan Is Missing," a wry, observational film about two cabbies searching for Chan in 80s San Francisco. Discover its significance in Asian American cinema.
11. Chan Is Missing (1982) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
Set in San Francisco's Chinatown district, two Chinese taxi drivers, one middle-aged and set in his ways, the other youthful and hip, search for an older ...
Set in San Francisco's Chinatown district, two Chinese taxi drivers, one middle-aged and set in his ways, the other youthful and hip, search for an older partner who's vanished with their funds.
12. Film of the Week: Chan Is Missing
Sep 14, 2016 · A witty, intelligent, mischievous attempt to mix identity politics (of an inquisitive, skeptical sort), social documentary, and genre parody.
High and low: Wayne Wang’s exploration of Chinese-American identity remains as fresh and insightful as it was in 1982
13. Chan is missing | Library of Congress
Jo is a middle-aged taxi driver, and Jo's nephew Steve is a restless, gabby young man. In an effort to get their own taxi medallion, they have entrusted ...
Jo is a middle-aged taxi driver, and Jo's nephew Steve is a restless, gabby young man. In an effort to get their own taxi medallion, they have entrusted their savings, $4,000, to a man named Chan Hung, a wheeler-dealer from Taiwan, who has apparently absconded with the money. They search for Chan throughout the Chinatown of San Francisco. The more they find out about him, the less they know. There are reports that Chan has either returned to Taiwan to settle an estate or has important ties to Communist China. He seems to have played some part in a scuffle between marchers sympathetic to Taipei and those sympathetic to Beijing during a New Year's parade. There are suggestions that he is connected with an argument between two elderly Chinese men in which one shot the other.
14. CHAN IS MISSING - Film Forum
CHAN IS MISSING Part of OUT OF THE 80s, May 17 – June 13 at Film Forum.
CHAN IS MISSING Part of OUT OF THE 80s, May 17 – June 13 at Film Forum
15. Chan Is Missing – A Creative's Guide to Asian American Media Studies
Nov 15, 2018 · Chan is Missing (1982) is an experimental comedy-drama film released in 1982. It is produced and directed by 33-year-old Wayne Wang from San ...
Chan is Missing (1982) is an experimental comedy-drama film released in 1982. It is produced and directed by 33-year-old Wayne Wang from San Francisco on a $22,000 budget. The movie stars Wood Moy and Marc Hayashi and incorporates music by Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo. The film is thought to be the FIRST Asian-American film to gain critical acclaim outside of the Asian American community and was highly praised by many critics (Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7/10 on IMDb). According to Dennis Schwartz, Chan is Missing is “breezy and warmly done, a low-key comedy that takes you into an ethnic group that has rarely been captured on film in such a revealing way”.