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Acclaimed filmmaker Wayne Wang's first feature film CHAN IS MISSING follows the adventures of two cabbies on their search through San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with $4,000 of their money. Their quest to figure out what happened to Chan and their missing cash leads them on a humorous journey that illuminates the pitfalls of Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.

Winner of Best Experimental/Independent Film at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. Selected for preservation by the National Film Preservation Board, USA.

"A whimsical treasure of a film that gives us a real feeling for the people of San Francisco's Chinatown." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

(Photo credit: Nancy Wong, 1981)

Running Time

77 mins

Year

1982

Filmmakers

Wayne Wang

Languages

Cantonese, Chinese, English

Subjects

Movies > Independent Cinema