The Jade Pendant
- Released on
- Runtime
- 106 mins
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.
Cast
- Godfrey Gao
- Clara Lee
- Tzi Ma
- Mark Boone Junior
- Russell Wong
- Tsai Chin
- Chen Tang
- Nina Wu
- Sue Wong
- Brian Yang
- Perry Yung
- Matthew Ziff
- Jamie Harris
- Raymond Ma
- Christine Ko
- Cici Lau
- Edward Zo
- Soo Yeon Lee
- Chelsea Jurkiewicz
- Jake Tase
- Victor Monroy
- Sheila Orey Sorensen
- Duy Beck
- Leia Choi
- Kami Christiansen
- Leo Faulkner
- Tingting Guan
- Devin Hansen
- Song Hanz
- Brian Hin
- Marc Liu
- Chad Wright
Director
- Leong Po-Chih
