Tsai Chin
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tsai Chin, also known by her Chinese name Zhou Caiqin, is an actress, director, teacher and author, best known in America for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club. The third daughter of the legendary Peking opera actor and singer Zhou Xinfang, Tsai Chin was the first Chinese student trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and later earned a Masters Degree at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her career spans more than five decades and three continents. She starred onstage in London's West End in The World of Susie Wong, and on Broadway in Golden Child. Chin appeared in two James Bond films: as a Bond girl in You Only Live Twice; and Casino Royale. Her single, "The Ding Dong Song," recorded for Decca, hit the top of the music charts in Asia. She was the first acting instructor to be invited to teach acting in China after the Cultural Revolution, when China's universities re-opened. In China she is best known for her portrayal of Grandmother Jia in the 2010 TV drama series The Dream of Red Mansions.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 30, 1936
Deathday: N/A
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You Only Live Twice
1967-06-13
You Only Live Twice
Overview: A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
Genres: Action Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-13
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Memoirs of a Geisha
2005-12-06
Memoirs of a Geisha
Overview: In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-06
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The Face of Fu Manchu
1965-08-06
The Face of Fu Manchu
Overview: Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-06
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The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969-05-29
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Overview: The evil mastermind Fu Manchu plots his latest scheme to basically freeze over the Earth's oceans with his diabolical new device. Opposing him is his arch-nemesis, Interpol's very British Nayland Smith.
Genres: Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-29
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The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968-08-23
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Overview: Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.
Genres: Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-23
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The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966-12-16
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Overview: This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.
Genres: Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-16
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Red Corner
1997-10-30
Red Corner
Overview: An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-30
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Crowfoot
1995-06-07
Crowfoot
Overview: A half-Native American cop falls in love with the ghost of a young woman. He struggles to help her come to terms with her death while also seeking to bring to justice the man responsible for her murder.
Genres: Crime Fantasy Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-07
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The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
2003-05-12
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Overview: Set at the turn of the century, this is the tale of Ellen Rimbauer who just received this mysterious mansion as a wedding gift from her new husband...
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-12
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The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967-05-25
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Overview: In his remote China hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard.
Genres: Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-25
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The Joy Luck Club
1993-09-08
The Joy Luck Club
Overview: Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-08
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Hollywood Chinese
2007-03-18
Hollywood Chinese
Overview: Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues, and treasures. It weaves together a wondrous portrait of actors, directors, writers, and movie icons who have defined American feature films, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. At once entertaining and enlightening, Hollywood Chinese reveals long-untold stories behind the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, and weaves a rich and complicated tapestry, one marked by unforgettable performances and groundbreaking films, but also by a tangled history of race and representation.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-18
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Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
2002-09-07
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Overview: Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-07
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Year of the Fish
2007-10-13
Year of the Fish
Overview: A rotoscope-animated modern-day Cinderella story set in the underbelly of New York's Chinatown.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-13
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Rentadick
1972-12-31
Rentadick
Overview: Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-31
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Casino Royale
2006-11-14
Casino Royale
Overview: Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-14
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Nani
2012-02-01
Nani
Overview: Oscar got caught spraying graffiti. Now doing community service at a nursing home, he meets Isabel who is suffering from dementia. At 84 years old, Isabel may be a little old school, but soon the entire block is covered with her pink tag.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-01
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958-12-11
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Overview: All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village. There she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as "foot inspector", advising the local Mandarin, and even winning the heart of mixed race Captain Lin Nan. But Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives. Based on a true story.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-11
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She Lights Up Well
2014-09-17
She Lights Up Well
Overview: An out-of-work actress moves back in with her parents and directs a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" to try and save the community theater.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-17
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Invasion
1965-10-01
Invasion
Overview: Routine tests on a traffic accident victim lead to shocking discoveries when the man's blood is found to be unidentifiable and x-rays reveal a disc embedded in his brain. His fabulous tale of being an escaped prisoner from an alien spaceship takes a turn for the sinister when the hospital staff realise that they're under a state of siege...
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-01
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Now You See Me 2
2016-06-02
Now You See Me 2
Overview: One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-02
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The Cool Mikado
1963-01-07
The Cool Mikado
Overview: In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, the trouble begins when a soldier, the son of a Yankee judge, falls in love with a Japanese girl. This enrages her Yakuza fiancé who kidnaps him.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-07
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The West Side Waltz
1995-11-23
The West Side Waltz
Overview: Margaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the violin accompanying Margaret at the piano. Because of her arthritis she accepts the housemaid Robin who wants to become an actress. With this naive pretty girl her life gets suddently really exciting and she makes a lot of new friends.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-23
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The Virgin Soldiers
1969-10-14
The Virgin Soldiers
Overview: The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg, a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
Genres: War Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-14
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957-04-01
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Overview: While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-01
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The Jade Pendant
2017-10-24
The Jade Pendant
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-24
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She's Got a Plan
2016-09-24
She's Got a Plan
Overview: She’s Got A Plan directed by and starring Fatima Washington, follows Isis Angelo, a struggling female writer-director who gives herself an ultimatum: either make her dream career take off in 30 days or throw in the towel for good. But, will she be able to go against everything she believes to become something she’s always wanted to be?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-24
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Abominable
2019-09-19
Abominable
Overview: A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-19
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Lucky Grandma
2020-10-22
Lucky Grandma
Overview: In New York City's Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck — and in the middle of a gang war.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-22
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Titan A.E.
2000-06-16
Titan A.E.
Overview: A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
Genres: Animation Action Science Fiction Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-16
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Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
2000-10-17
Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-17
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Daughter of Shanghai
2019-07-02
Daughter of Shanghai
Overview: A documentary about the life of Tsai Chin, one of the first Chinese actresses to break into the West.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2019-07-02
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Blow-Up
1966-12-18
Blow-Up
Overview: A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-18
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The Interpreter
2005-04-08
The Interpreter
Overview: After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-08
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My American Vacation
1999-04-11
My American Vacation
Overview: Grandma Lee tours the California wilderness in a motor home with her Americanized family, teaching them Tai Chi and the ancient Chinese way to deal with modern American life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-11
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Violent Playground
1958-01-14
Violent Playground
Overview: A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-14
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The Magic Pearl
1997-02-01
The Magic Pearl
Overview: An animated story derived from a Chinese folk tale. Follows the magical journey of a sister and brother as they travel with their grandmother to a mystical world. In this world, they confront a talking frog, a fierce dragon, a wicked witch, etc. Protecting them during their travels is a bright, white pearl that possesses extraordinary powers.
Genres: Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-01
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021-09-01
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Overview: Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-01
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Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
2006-06-16
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Overview: It is the story of an average, popular American teenager named Wendy Wu who discovers that in order to win the coveted crown she must first learn the way of the warrior. Wendy Wu has a one track mind, and that track leads directly to the title of homecoming queen -- no unscheduled stops, and no unnecessary detours. When a mysterious Chinese monk named Shen arrives to mold Wendy into a fearless kung fu warrior, however, her royal aspirations suddenly jump the track as she desperately attempts to juggle her boyfriend, her homework, and of course, the fierce competition to become homecoming queen. Now, as Wendy begins to train her mind, body, and spirit in the ancient tradition of the martial arts and her inner warrior gradually begins to emerge, the girl who once obsessed over popularity finally begins to put that popularity into perspective as she gradually realizes what truly matters in life.
Genres: Family Action Adventure TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-16
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