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Director:
Peter Wang
Writers:
Shirley Sun (writer)
Peter Wang (writer)
Release Date:
30 May 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
When computer programmer, Leo Fang, is passed up for promotion, he feels it is because he is Chinese... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
watch for the historical view of BeiJing in 1986 and cultural notes more (3 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Peter Wang ... Leo Fang
Sharon Iwai ... Grace Fang

Kelvin Han Yee ... Paul Fang
Qinqin Li ... Lili Chao
Xiaoguang Hu ... Mr. Chao
Guanglan Shen ... Mrs. Chao
Kelvin Wong ... Liu Yida (as Wang Xiao)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Jan Haley ... Secretary
Jeanette Pavini ... Linda
Han Tan ... Old Liu
Jian Xiu ... Yu
Ran Zhijuan ... Jan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beijing Story
Beijing gushi (China: Mandarin title)
The Great Wall Is a Great Wall (USA)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA | China
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Beijing, China
Company:
Nanhai more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Paul Fang: All Chinese parents are racist. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006) more

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watch for the historical view of BeiJing in 1986 and cultural notes, 16 July 2006
4/10
Author: layman-2 from california

The movie is a good concept with amateur / poor execution. But the scenes -- on the street, in the hotongs, courtyards, and streets of Beijing are just amazing. Beijing today is an amazing metropolis, and in this movie, in 1986, it has more the feeling of an overgrown village. you get somewhat unintentional glimpses of poverty and poorly maintained infrastructure -- Beijing in 2006 is far more cosmopolitan in places, with both much greater energy and wealth than you will see here and also more filth and poverty. The cultural notes are mostly still relevant, though the rampant capitalism, scheming and vitality of today's BJ make for a very different city. the Beijing of this movie is as lost as the "LA" of Chinatown (the movie) circa 1930's.....

so as history and culture lesson the movie is a 10. 'the world of Susie Wong' works as both history and movie; this one is just good history!

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