Chan Is Missing

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film independent film

Chan Is Missing is a pioneering 1982 independent film by Wayne Wang that blends mystery, humor, and social commentary to explore the complexities of Chinese American identity in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

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Chan Is Missing canonical 3

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instanceOf film ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
awardReceived Los Angeles Film Critics Association New Generation Award for Wayne Wang ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
budget low-budget independent production ⓘ
castMember Laureen Chew ⓘ
Marc Hayashi ⓘ
Peter Wang ⓘ
Presco Tabios ⓘ
Wood Moy ⓘ
cinematographyBy Curtis Choy ⓘ
Michael Chin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Wayne Wang ⓘ
distributionFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor New Yorker Films ⓘ
editedBy Walt Hanigan ⓘ
featuresCharacter Chan Hung ⓘ
Jo ⓘ
Steve ⓘ
genre Asian American film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
hasFilmFormat 16 mm ⓘ
leadActor Marc Hayashi ⓘ
Wood Moy ⓘ
musicBy Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first Asian American feature films to gain wide critical attention ⓘ
innovative use of mystery structure to explore identity ⓘ
pioneering role in Asian American cinema ⓘ
originalLanguage Cantonese ⓘ
English ⓘ
Mandarin ⓘ
producer Wayne Wang ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1982-03-31 ⓘ
releaseYear 1982 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 80 ⓘ
screenplayBy Isaac Cronin ⓘ
Terrel Seltzer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wayne Wang ⓘ
settingLocation San Francisco ⓘ
San Francisco Chinatown ⓘ
subject Chinese American community ⓘ
Chinese American identity ⓘ
San Francisco Chinatown ⓘ
assimilation ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
stereotypes of Asians ⓘ
writer Wayne Wang ⓘ

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Chinese American cinema → notableFilm → Chan Is Missing ⓘ
Wayne Wang → notableWork → Chan Is Missing ⓘ
Wayne Wang → directed → Chan Is Missing ⓘ