Chan Is Missing (1982)
April 24, 1982Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Wood Moy
Jo
Marc Hayashi
Steve
Laureen Chew
Amy
Peter Wang
Henry the Cook
Presco Tabios
Presco
Frankie Alarcon
Frankie
Judi Nihei
Lawer
Ellen Yeung
Mrs. Chan Hung
George Woo
George
Virginia R. Cerenio
Jenny's Friend
Emily Woo Yamasaki
Chan's Daughter Jenny
Wayne Wang
Director
Roy Chan
Mr. Lee
Isaac Cronin
Writer
Leong Pui Chee
Mr. Fong
Sam Hui Koon-Kit
Additional Music
Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo
Composer
Michael Chin
Cinematographer
Kathleen Beeler
Director of Photography
Curtis Choy
Sound Mixer
Rick Schmidt
Editorial Consultant
Sara Chin
Production Manager / Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Don Wong
Production Assistant
Julian Low
Production Assistant
Bob Yano
Production Assistant
Piera Kwan
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Chan Is Missing is a 1982 American independent comedy-drama film produced and directed by Wayne Wang. The film, which is shot in black and white, is plotted as a mystery with noir undertones, and its title is a play on the Charlie Chan film series, which focuses on a fictional Chinese immigrant detective in Honolulu. Chan Is Missing turns the Charlie Chan detective trope on its head by making "Chan" the missing person that the film's two protagonists, Jo and Steve, search for. In the process of trying to locate Chan, a fractured, even contradictory portrait of him emerges, mirroring the complexities of the polyglot Chinese American community that Chan's character allegorizes.
It is widely recognized as the first Asian-American feature narrative film to gain both theatrical distribution and critical acclaim outside of the Asian American community.