Storyline
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Released
3/1/1993
Runtime
1h 48min
Director
Budget
$875,000
Revenue
$23,633,459
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Mandarin
Production
Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine, Central Motion Picture Corporation, The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Cast
Winston Chao
Gao Wai-Tung
Gua Ah-leh
Mrs. Gao
Lung Sihung
Mr. Gao
May Chin
Gu Wei-Wei
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Simon
Vanessa Yang
Mao Mei
Dion Birney
Andrew
Jeanne Kuo Chang
Wai-Tung's Secretary
Michael Gaston
Justice of the Peace
Neal Huff
Steve
Mason Lee
Baby
John Nathan
Joe
Chung-Wei Chou
Chef
Paul Chen
Guest A
Yung Chung
Guest B
Ho-Mean Fu
Guest C
Jean Hu
Guest D
Albert Huang
Guest E
Thomas Koo
Guest F
Francis Pan
Guest G
Neal Peng
Guest H
Elizabeth Yang
Guest I
Yang Wei-Hung
Guest J
Jennifer Lin
Female Guest A
Jeffrey Howard
Street Musician
Theresa Hou
Female Cashier
Hsu Yung-Te
Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend
Anthony Ingoglia
Wei-Wei's Employer
Eddie Johns
Haskell
Shih Chih-Fang
Granny Tien
Robert Larenquent
Hispanic Man
Neal Lee
Waiter
Dean Li
Director Wang
Tien Pin
Old Chen
Marny Pocato
Miriam
Tonia Rowe
Simon's Nurse
Chung-Hsien Su
Studio Photographer
Hannah Sullivan
Mariane
Yao Peide
Egg Head
Ang Lee
Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)
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