The Joy Luck Club

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American film drama film film

The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 drama film, adapted from Amy Tan’s novel, that explores the complex relationships and cultural tensions between Chinese-American women and their immigrant mothers.

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The Joy Luck Club canonical 14
The Joy Luck Club (1993 film) 6
The Joy Luck Club (novel) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Amy Tan ⓘ
basedOn The Joy Luck Club self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Joy Luck Club (novel)
cinematographyBy Amir Mokri ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts Chinese immigrant mothers ⓘ
second-generation Chinese-American daughters ⓘ
director Wayne Wang ⓘ
distributedBy Buena Vista Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Maysie Hoy ⓘ
featuresCharacter An-Mei Hsu ⓘ
June Woo ⓘ
Lena St. Clair ⓘ
Lindo Jong ⓘ
Rose Hsu Jordan ⓘ
Vivian Wu ⓘ
surface form: Suyuan Woo

Waverly Jong ⓘ
Ying-Ying St. Clair ⓘ
filmingLocation San Francisco ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
family drama ⓘ
mainTheme Chinese-American identity ⓘ
cultural conflict ⓘ
immigrant experience ⓘ
mother–daughter relationships ⓘ
musicBy Rachel Portman ⓘ
narrativeStructure interwoven stories ⓘ
notableFor representation of Asian Americans in Hollywood cinema ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
Mandarin ⓘ
producer Janet Yang ⓘ
Oliver Stone ⓘ
Wayne Wang ⓘ
productionCompany Amblin Entertainment ⓘ
Hollywood Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1993-09-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1993 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 139 ⓘ
screenwriter Amy Tan ⓘ
Ronald Bass ⓘ
setInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
starring France Nuyen ⓘ
Kieu Chinh ⓘ
Lauren Tom ⓘ
Lisa Lu ⓘ
Ming-Na Wen ⓘ
Rosalind Chao ⓘ
Tamlyn Tomita ⓘ
Tsai Chin ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Joy Luck Club (1993 film)