Rosalind Chao
Biography: Rosalind Chao is an American actress of Chinese heritage. Chao's most notable roles are as South Korean refugee Soon-Lee Klinger on CBS' AfterMASH, as Keiko O'Brien on both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dr. Kim on The O.C., Rose Hsu Jordan in The Joy Luck Club (1993), and Hua Li, Mulan’s mother, in the live-action version of Mulan (2020). Chao is married to voice actor Simon Templeman; they have 2 children. She began acting at the age of five in a California-based Peking opera traveling company at the instigation of her parents who were already heavily involved, and during the summers they sent her to Taiwan to further develop her acting skills. As a child, she played the daughter of a laundry owner (played by James Hong) on the 1970 episode of Here's Lucy entitled "Lucy the Laundress". For some time, Chao worked at Disneyland as an international tour guide. Deciding not to pursue acting, Chao enrolled in the communications department at the University of Southern California where she earned her degree in journalism. However, after spending a year as a radio newswriting intern at the CBS-owned Hollywood radio station KNX, she soon returned to acting. Her big break was with the role of Soon-Lee, a South Korean refugee, in the final episodes of the TV series M*A*S*H. Soon-Lee married longtime starring character Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr) in the series finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", the most-watched U.S. sitcom television episode of all time as of 2021. Chao continued playing the character in the M*A*S*H sequel series: AfterMASH (1983), her first role billed at co-starring status. Chao regularly portrayed the Japanese exo-botanist Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien on both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She was also originally considered for the part of Enterprise security chief Tasha Yar. She's had recurring roles as Miss Chung on season 5 of Diff'rent Strokes, Li Ying on season 5 of Falcon Crest, Dr. Judith Lin on Citizen Baines, Dr. Kim on seasons 1 & 3 of The O.C., Pastor Jin on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment B, Mrs. Wu on Sin City Saints, Caroline on Better Things, and Tina Tchen on The First Lady. She's guest starred on numerous shows including This is Us, Code Black, The Catch, black-ish, The OA, Hawaii Five-O, Castle, Forever, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Bones, The Event, CSI, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, According to Jim, Six Feet Under, The Parkers, Monk, Without a Trace, Dharma & Greg, Once and Again, The West Wing, Family Law, ER, Brimstone, Chicago Hope, Murder She Wrote, thirty something, Jake & the Fatman, Miami Vice, Beauty and the Beast (1988), The A-Team, St. Elsewhere, Riptide, M*A*S*H,One Day at a Time (1981), Emergency!, The Incredible Hulk (1978), Here's Lucy, and more. She has starred in several movies including The Joy Luck Club, North (1994), What Dreams May Come, Impostor, I Am Sam, Freaky Friday (2003), Just Like Heaven, Mulan (2020) as Mulan’s mother, Together Together, and The Starling. In 2019, Chao was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences citing her contributions to critically acclaimed films The Joy Luck Club and I Am Sam.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 23, 1957
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Known For
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981-05-15
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Overview: The Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned Gilligan and fellow castaways, and they all must play basketball against a specially programmed squad of robots controlled by a mad scientist.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-15
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Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women
1979-12-01
Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women
Overview: The all-male crew of an oil company makes an emergency landing on an island and finds itself at the mercy of a tribe of hostile women programmed to kill all men.
Genres: Adventure Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-01
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What Dreams May Come
1998-10-02
What Dreams May Come
Overview: Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-02
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Just Like Heaven
2005-09-16
Just Like Heaven
Overview: Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-16
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Sacramento
2024-06-08
Sacramento
Overview: When free-spirited Ricky suddenly reappears in father-to-be Glenn’s life, the two former best friends embark on a spontaneous road trip from LA to Sacramento.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-08
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The End of Violence
1997-09-12
The End of Violence
Overview: Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films. His ignored wife Paige is close to leaving him. Suddenly Mike is kidnapped by two bandits, but escapes and hides out with his Mexican gardener's family for a while. At the same time, surveillance expert Ray Bering is looking for what happens in the city, but it is not clear what he wants. The police investigation for Max's disappearance is led by detective Doc Block, who falls in love with actress Cat who is playing in ongoing Max's production.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-12
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Nanking
2007-02-10
Nanking
Overview: The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.
Genres: Documentary Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-10
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Life of the Party
2005-01-01
Life of the Party
Overview: A group of friends plan an intervention to help their pal address his drinking problem. Things go awry when the shrink they hired fails to show up
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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To Love, Honor and Deceive
1996-12-15
To Love, Honor and Deceive
Overview: Sydney Carpenter is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, Matthew. When her husband and son are suddenly lost at sea after a boating accident, Sydney's comfortable existence is shattered. Although overwhelmed by her grief, Sydney cannot ignore the strange pieces from her husband's past that continue to make their way into the present.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-15
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Three Blind Mice
2001-09-30
Three Blind Mice
Overview: A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's wife.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-30
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997-07-27
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Overview: Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-27
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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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The Big Brawl
1980-08-18
The Big Brawl
Overview: A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-18
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Shooter
1988-09-11
Shooter
Overview: "Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets involved in the lives of the soldiers he meets and "shoots." There's Ngoc, the Vietnamese photo lab tech; Klause, a German photographer swiping Buddhas; Rene, a French photographer who carries an AK-47; Stork, Matt's superstitious roommate who is also a photographer; Rizzo, the irascible editor; Lan, an American-educated Vietnamese reporter and Tracey an embassy worker who is Matt's former flame.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-11
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Denial
1990-01-21
Denial
Overview: A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they fall in love again, but this obsessive relationship threatens to consume them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-21
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Bride of the Incredible Hulk
1980-01-30
Bride of the Incredible Hulk
Overview: David and Carolyn marry in Hawaii and continue to work to find a cure for both their afflictions in a race against time.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-30
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The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman
1987-02-13
The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman
Overview: The young Chinese heir to millions in the USA is suddenly destitute. He takes out a life insurace policy on himself and assigns his former teacher to kill him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-02-13
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Thousand Pieces of Gold
1991-04-26
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Overview: In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her China Polly and plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals. Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in this strange country filled with white demons.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-26
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Enemies of Laughter
2000-11-10
Enemies of Laughter
Overview: Nerdy-looking Paul is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal has an idea that might turn things around when he decides to film Paul's life and turn his romantic disasters into a comedic documentary. When a beautiful young director decides to produce the real-life romantic comedy, Paul realizes that Cupid may be poised with his bow and arrow.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-10
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Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
1981-05-09
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Overview: Spider-Man goes to China to help an official accused of World War II treachery. Two episodes of the TV series "Spider Man" edited together and released as a feature.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-09
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White Ghost
1988-11-18
White Ghost
Overview: July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-18
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Going Berserk
1983-09-30
Going Berserk
Overview: John Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator, encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other crazed characters in the days leading up to his wedding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-30
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Moonlight
1982-09-14
Moonlight
Overview: A fast-food delivery man for a New York Chinese restaurant gets involved with international terrorists and is recruited by undercover agents to help track down the leader in this prospective pilot.
Genres: Action Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-14
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Twirl
1981-10-25
Twirl
Overview: Best friends compete for the title of "Miss Twirl" (similar to a Miss America contest with the primary category of competition being (what else?) twirling!). The real test, however, is whether their friendship will survive through the contest with the pressure and interference from their parents to win.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-25
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Last Flight Out
1990-05-22
Last Flight Out
Overview: Fact based story set in Saigon in April, 1975 shortly after the US combat troops have withdrawn and immediately before the Communist forces over run the city. American citizens try to help South Vietnamese refugees escape on the last commercial flight that will be permitted to leave the city.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-22
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The Ultimate Impostor
1979-05-12
The Ultimate Impostor
Overview: A series pilot about a secret agent who is armed with skills learned by a computer-brain link-up -- lasting only 72 hours at a time -- and is sent to rescue a Russian submarine commander, a defector who has been kidnapped by an agent for another nation.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-12
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Knife Fight
2013-01-25
Knife Fight
Overview: A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-25
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North
1994-07-22
North
Overview: Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-22
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Freaky Friday
2003-08-05
Freaky Friday
Overview: Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-05
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Freakier Friday
2025-08-06
Freakier Friday
Overview: Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover lightning might indeed strike twice.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-08-06
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Tragedy Girls
2017-10-20
Tragedy Girls
Overview: McKayla and Sadie, two death-obsessed teenage girls, use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small Midwestern town into a frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-20
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Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2015-01-23
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Overview: A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-23
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An Eye for an Eye
1981-08-14
An Eye for an Eye
Overview: Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Genres: Adventure Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-14
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Slam Dance
1987-10-02
Slam Dance
Overview: When framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-02
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Inhabited
2003-08-19
Inhabited
Overview: After Brad and Meg move to a detached house in need of major repairs after a fire and decades of neglect, they're happy that cheerful teenage son Tyler behaves normally, for puberty. Young daughter Gina's stories about sometimes evil 'fairies' are equally dismissed, but get worse. Self-appointed handyman warns Iver Hagen them for 'things worse than ghosts' and ever scarier things happen. Ma irrationally believes the house bad yet refuses long to have Gina examined by Dr. Werner, who has a patient Olive obsessed by similar trolls. By the time the pieces are fitted, it may be too late.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-19
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Magic Camp
2020-08-14
Magic Camp
Overview: Andy, at the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, returns to the camp of his youth hoping to reignite his career. Instead, he finds inspiration in his ragtag bunch of rookie magicians.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-14
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I Am Sam
2001-12-28
I Am Sam
Overview: Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996-03-25
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Overview: When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and then the problems start. The landing-computer malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader gets very sick and back on Earth it is discovered that big financial corporations have an interest in the failure of the mission - and we, the viewers, can see it all live on television.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-25
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992-02-28
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Overview: After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-28
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Plus One
2019-06-14
Plus One
Overview: Longtime single friends Ben and Alice agree to be each other's respective plus one at every wedding they're invited to during a busy summer of wedding fever.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-14
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The Starling
2021-09-17
The Starling
Overview: A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-17
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The Laundromat
2019-09-27
The Laundromat
Overview: When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-27
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Mulan
2020-09-04
Mulan
Overview: When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. She is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. Disguised as a man by the name of Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her innermost strength and embrace her true potential.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-04
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Impostor
2001-12-03
Impostor
Overview: A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-03
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Web of Deception
1994-04-25
Web of Deception
Overview: A forensic psychatrist of the Police Department falls for a fatal attraction that threatens to terminate his marriage, his career and his life.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-25
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The Terry Fox Story
1983-05-22
The Terry Fox Story
Overview: The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-22
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Together Together
2021-04-23
Together Together
Overview: When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-23
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The Man from Elysian Fields
2001-09-13
The Man from Elysian Fields
Overview: A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-13
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Love Affair
1994-10-21
Love Affair
Overview: Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-21
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The Joy Luck Club 2
The Joy Luck Club 2
Overview: In the sequel, the mothers become grandmothers and the daughters become mothers in their own right, introducing a new generation exploring their own relationships with culture, heritage, love, womanhood and identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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