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The Joy Luck Club

Year:
Duration:
139 min
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Wayne Wang
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1993-10-29
Filming Locations: 610 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $11,000,000
Gross: $32,861,136 (USA) Filming Dates 9 November 1992 - 4 March 1993 Copyright Holder © MCMXCIII by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. (on print)
Cast
Actor
Character
Philip Moon
Philip Moon
The Joy Luck Club
Kieu Chinh
Suyuan - The Mother
Tsai Chin
Lindo - The Mother
France Nuyen
Ying-Ying - The Mother
Lisa Lu
An-Mei - The Mother
Ming-Na Wen
June - The Daughter
Tamlyn Tomita
Waverly - The Daughter
Lauren Tom
Lena - The Daughter
Rosalind Chao
Rose - The Daughter
Chao Li Chi
June's Father
Melanie Chang
June - Age 9
Victor Wong
Old Chong
Lisa Connolly
Singing Girl
Mai Vu
Waverly - Age 6-9
Ying Wu
Lindo - Age 4
Meijuan Xi
Lindo's Mother
Guo-Rong Chin
Huang Tai Tai
Hsu Ying Li
Matchmaker
Irene Ng
Lindo - Age 15
Qugen Cao
Lindo's Father
Anie Wang
Lindo's Brother
Yan Lu
Lindo's Brother 2
Boffeng Liang
Pedicab Driver
William Gong
Tyan Yu
Diana C. Weng
Lindo's Servant
Yuan-Ho C. Koo
Matchmaker's Friend
Zhi Xiang Xia
Huang Tai Tai's Servant
Dan Yu
Servant's Boyfriend
Christopher Rich
Rich
Nicholas Guest
Hairdresser
Kim Chew
Mrs. Chew
Jason Yee
Waverly's Brother
Ya Shan Wu
Lindo's Husband
Samantha Haw
Shoshana
Feihong Yu
Ying Ying - Age 16-25 (as Yu Fei Hong)
Russell Wong
Lin Xiao
Grace Chang
Lin-Xiao's Opera Singer
Michael Paul Chan
Harold
Melissa Tan
Jennifer
Yi Ding
An Mei - Age 9
Emmy Yu
An Mei - Age 4
Vivian Wu
An Mei's Mother
Lucille Soong
Popo
You Ming Chong
An Mei's Uncle
Fen Tian
Auntie #1
Lena Zhou
Auntie #2
Jeanie Lee Wu
Auntie #3
Andrew McCarthy
Ted
Jack Ford
Mr. Jordan
Diane Baker
Mrs. Jordan
Tian-Ming Wu
Wu Tsing
Elizabeth Sung
Second Wife
Eva Shen
An Mei's Nanny
Sheng Yu Ma
Suyuan's Twin Daughter 1
Sheng Wei Ma
Suyuan's Twin Daughter 2
Howard Fong
Baker
Amy Tan
Guest at house party (uncredited)
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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.
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In the novel, it is revealed that the real name of the character played by Ming-Na Wen is Jing-Mei. On ER (1994), Ming-Na plays another character named Jing-Mei.
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Goofs
In one scene, a daughter is shown cutting the flesh out of her arm to make a soup for her dying mother. In subsequent scenes her arms are completely smooth.
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Thunder and lightning can't occur simultaneously unless you are extremely close to the strike.
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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.
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Quotes
Ying Ying: All around this house I see the signs. My daughter looks but she does not see. This is a house that will break into pieces. It's not too late. All my pains, my regrets, I will gather them together. My daughter will hear me calling, even though I've said no words. She will climb the stairs to find me. She will be scared because at first her eyes will see nothing. She will feel in her heart this place where she hides her fears. She will know I am waiting like a tiger in the trees, now ready to leap out and cut her spirit loose.
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Waverly Jong: Even at that age, I knew I had an amazing gift: this power, this belief in myself, to be better than anyone else. If someone was bigger than me, older than me, it didn't matter. And if they were mean, I could make 'em sorry.
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June's Father: You know, ever since Mommy died, it's like a mystery where everything is. She hides everything, jewelry, even fake stuff. For three years she tried to tell me where she hides everything in case she died. I guess I wasn't listening.
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