The Jade Pendant (2017)
Overview
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
Tom
Clara Lee
Peony
Tzi Ma
Yu Hing
Mark Boone Junior
Captain Wynne
Russell Wong
Mr. Wong
Tsai Chin
Madame Pong
Chen Tang
Joe Lee
Nina Wu
Lily
Sue Wong
Po Ping
Brian Yang
Sam Yuen
Perry Yung
Bai Qiang
Matthew Ziff
Officer Matt
Jamie Harris
Robert Thompson
Raymond Ma
Dr. Tong
Christine Ko
May
Cici Lau
Grandma
Soo Yeon Lee
Rose
Chelsea Jurkiewicz
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