The Jade Pendant
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Brian Yang · Chen Tang · Clara Lee · Godfrey Gao · Mark Boone Junior · Nina Wu · Russell Wong · Sue Wong · Tsai Chin · Tzi Ma · Leong Po-Chih · David Assael · L.P. Leung · Scott M. Rosenfelt