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The Joy Luck Club (1993) -- The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Amy Tan (novel)
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Release Date:
25 November 1993 (Argentina) more
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Plot:
The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more
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(19 articles)
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A masterpiece more (87 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Kieu Chinh ... Suyuan Woo
Tsai Chin ... Lindo Jong
France Nuyen ... Ying-Ying St. Clair
Lisa Lu ... An-Mei Hsu

Ming-Na ... Jing-Mei 'June' Woo (as Ming-Na Wen)
Tamlyn Tomita ... Waverly Jong

Lauren Tom ... Lena St. Clair
Rosalind Chao ... Rose Hsu Jordan
Chao Li Chi ... Canning Woo
Melanie Chang ... June (Age 9)
Victor Wong ... Old Chong the Piano Teacher
Lisa Connolly ... Singing Girl
Mai Vu ... Waverly (Age 6-9)
Ying Wu ... Lindo (Age 4)
Meijuan Xi ... Lindo's Mother
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong depiction of thematic material.
Runtime:
139 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Towards the end of the movie, June can be seen showing an elderly couple out after the party. She bids farewell to them using their names, Daisy and T.C. Daisy is the American name of Amy Tan's (the author) mother and T.C. was the name of her mother's partner. more
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Factual errors: In the first scene where young Ying Ying met her future husband, the guy opened a watermelon which was totally seedless. The scene should be in later 1930s or early 1940s, based on the context. Very unlikely there was any seedless watermelons available in China at the time. Japanese scientists started seedless research in lab in 1938. It won't be widely available even in Japan market till after WWII. more
Quotes:
Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: [opening naration] The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. "This bird", boasted the market vendor, "was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose. And now look, it is too beautiful to eat!" Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean many thousands of lei wide... more
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Referenced in The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio (1996) (VG) more
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One Fine Day more

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10 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
A masterpiece, 24 November 2002
Author: jhadefoxx (jhadefoxx@aol.com) from Chicago IL

Words fail to capture the essence of this film. I read the book before I saw the movie and as anyone can tell you, the book for a movie is usually a lot better, but in this case and I think they are both on the same level. I watched this movie again for the umpteenth time today and every time I watch it I see the magic again. It makes me think of my own relationship with my mother and my relationship with my daughter. This is the story that made me feel in love with Asian film.

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