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6.8/10   393 votes
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Director:
Wayne Wang
Writers:
Isaac Cronin (writer)
Wayne Wang (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
4 June 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime more
Plot:
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
Terrific independent film, from a time when that word meant something more (12 total)

Cast

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Wood Moy ... Jo
Marc Hayashi ... Steve
Laureen Chew ... Amy
Peter Wang ... Henry the Cook
Presco Tabios ... Presco
Frankie Alarcon ... Frankie
Judi Nihei ... Lawer
Ellen Yeung ... Mrs. Chan Hung
George Woo ... George
Emily Woo Yamasaki ... Chan's Daughter Jenny (as Emily Yamasaki)
Virginia Cerenio ... Jenny's Friend
Roy Chan ... Mr. Lee
Leong Pui Chee ... Mr. Fong
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Cantonese
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA more
Company:
New Yorker Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Since the latest contact, Mr. Lee, said that he last had contact with Chan more than a week ago, it is implausible that Jo would find a gun so much later within his abandoned cab. more
Quotes:
Jo: This mystery is appropriately Chinese: what's not there seems to have just as much meaning as what is there. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Sabor a mí more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Terrific independent film, from a time when that word meant something, 1 February 2006
10/10
Author: whitesheik from Los Angeles

Just watched the DVD, and Chan is Missing remains the one-off film it's always been - just a terrific little film. If people think the pap they call independent film today is anything but lower-budgeted mainstream film-making by people looking to get deals with majors, well, they should check out some real indy films. Thanks to companies like Miramax and Focus and others, there is no true independent film market anymore.

And a not to "laursene" - you give Chan Is Missing a pretty nice "review" or whatever one calls these amateur writings, and yet you give it one star. Brilliant. And the "novelty" song "probably from the 30s" is I Enjoy Being A Girl by Rodgers and Hammerstein, from their musical Flower Drum Song, which was hardly written in the 30s. 1957 or '58 if I recall correctly.

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