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The Joy Luck Club (1993)
7.3
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 9,119 users
Metascore:
84/100
Reviews: 93 user | 21 critic | 11 from Metacritic.com
The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other. Director:Wayne Wang |
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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| Kieu Chinh | ... |
Suyuan - The Mother
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Tsai Chin | ... |
Lindo - The Mother
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France Nuyen | ... |
Ying-Ying - The Mother
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Lisa Lu | ... |
An-Mei - The Mother
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| Ming-Na | ... |
June - The Daughter
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Tamlyn Tomita | ... |
Waverly - The Daughter
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Lena - The Daughter
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Rosalind Chao | ... |
Rose - The Daughter
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Chao Li Chi | ... | |
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Melanie Chang | ... | |
| Victor Wong | ... |
Old Chong
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Lisa Connolly | ... | |
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Mai Vu | ... |
Waverly - Age 6-9
(as Vu Mai)
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Ying Wu | ... |
Lindo - Age 4
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Meijuan Xi | ... |
Lindo's Mother
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Storyline
Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship. Written by Robert Pare
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(Argentina) See more »Also Known As:
El club de la buena estrella See more »Box Office
Budget:
$11,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$32,861,136 (USA)Company Credits
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(Scent of the Night)
Written by Lee Lai Kwang and James Wong
Performed by Teresa Teng
Used by permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (S.E. Asia) See more »
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Trivia
Cameo: [Amy Tan] chatting with guests just beyond a doorway during the first party scene. See more »Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When young Ying Ying's husband brings home one of his girlfriends, Ying Ying breaks a plate, sounding as if she's smashing it on hard floor. Yet the floor is covered with carpet. See more »Quotes
Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: [opening naration] The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. "This bird", boasted the market vendor, "was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose. And now look, it is too beautiful to eat!" Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean many thousands of lei wide...See more »
Soundtracks
"Ye Lai Xiang"(Scent of the Night)
Written by Lee Lai Kwang and James Wong
Performed by Teresa Teng
Used by permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (S.E. Asia) See more »
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