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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
David Kaplan
Writer:
David Kaplan (writer)
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Genre:
Animation | Fantasy | Romance more
Tagline:
A modern American fairytale with more than one happy ending
Plot:
A rotoscope-animated modern-day Cinderella story set in the underbelly of New York's Chinatown. | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
2009 Spirit Award Nominations
 (From IFC. 2 December 2008, 9:09 AM, PST)
Year Of The Fish
 (From The AV Club. 28 August 2008, 1:00 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
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Cast

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Tsai Chin ... Mrs. Su

Ken Leung ... Johnny

Randall Duk Kim ... Auntie Yaga / Old Man / Foreman
An Nguyen ... Ye Xian
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sally Leung Bayer ... Grandmother
Henry Russell Bergstein ... Hasidic Customer
Buzz Bovshow ... Businessman #2
Esther Cheng ... Salon Worker #3
Lori Tan Chinn ... Shuk Yee
Andre De Leon ... Thug
Kim Dong ... Salon Worker #5

Tina Duong ... Salon Worker #7
Wai Ching Ho ... Seamstress #2
Anna Kim ... Seamstress #1
Janet Lau ... Salon Worker #8
David Lee ... Fish Narration

Paul J.Q. Lee ... Wu
Lillian Leong ... Salon Worker #9

Bunny Levine ... Tourist Woman
Philip Levy ... Businessman #1
Susan Li ... Salon Worker #11
Eva Liu ... Salon Worker #4
Gine Lui ... Fortuneteller

Ken Marks ... Ye Xian's Customer
Jessica Moon ... Salon Worker #6

Hettienne Park ... Hong Ji
Barry Sacker ... Tourist Man
Matthew Saldivar ... Gang Leader
Lloyd Suh ... Chik
Akira Takayama ... Lin
Sophia Tam ... Little Girl

Masae Taniguchi ... Salon Worker #1
Migina Tsai ... Salon Worker #10
Lee Wong ... Vinnie

Constance Wu ... Lucy

Corrine Hong Wu ... Katty
Jane Wu ... Seamstress 3
Henry Yuk ... Mr. Meng
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Runtime:
USA:96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
Company:
Funny Cry Happy more

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Something Fishy, 20 September 2008
6/10
Author: Dan Akira Nishimura from Oakland, California

Remember the bad old days, before Asian American cinema, when we had to rely on Hollywood hacks to tell our stories, those bleak, desperate times? Well, they're back. (Not that Wayne Wang could've done any better with this thing) The rotoscope effect, fairly well done, is good at obscuring the parade of ridiculous stereotypes and clichés. This a rare chance for Asian American talent to flex their acting chops a bit though to what end? Tsai Chin, who used to play the Oriental sex kitten parts back in the 60's is effective as the impossibly heartless madam at the massage parlor where the lead character (An Nguyen) finds herself. This entire sequence of events seems like a direct steal from the 1950 Mexican melodrama Aventurera, also depicting a trapped innocent in the big city.

In a variation on the fairy tale, this Cinderella has a mean "me-love you-long-time" massage sister and one nice one (played by the lovely Corrine Hong Yu) who eventually helps save the day. Rounding out the cast is Ken Leung as Johnny, an assimilated Chinese American with an engaging East Coast vibe.(Sammy Fong redux?) Oh, yeah, he just happens to play the accordion like Astor Piazzolla. What's not to like?

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