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Ben's wife wants some attention. Ben's boss wants some dedication. Ben's father wants some grandchildren. And Ben just wants a minute to sort it all out in Wayne Wang's gentle comedy, Eat a bowl of tea. In New York's Chinatown of the late 1940s, young Ben Loy (Russell Wong), fresh out of the service, has his whole life spread out before him - including a job, an apartment and a marriage arranged by his father (Victor Wong) to the beautiful Mei Oi (Cora Miao). But as eager as the couple is to see what America has to offer them, that's how eager the whole of Chinatown seems to see some first-generation U.S. offspring. And when Ben's celebrated young marriage threatens to crumble in the face of this pressure, it's up to him to separate his dreams from his father's, and to find a future for himself and his wife in their new adopted homeland. Directed by Wayne Wang (Maid in Manhattan, The Joy Luck Club), Eat a bowl of tea is a charming, warm-hearted film based on the classic underground novel by Louis Chu.
Original Release
07/21/1989
US Release
07/21/1989
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Victor Wong | Wah Gay |
Sau-Kei Lee | Bok Fat |
Yuen Fat Fai | Letter Writer |
Siu-Ming Lau | Lee Gong |
Russell Wong | Ben Loy |
Fan Hui | Ben Loy's Mom |
Lan Law | Aunt Gim |
Yuen-Yee Ng | Third Sister |
Cora Miao | Mei Oi |
Wu Ming Yu | Mei Oi's Mom |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Victor Wong | Wah Gay |
Sau-Kei Lee | Bok Fat |
Yuen Fat Fai | Letter Writer |
Siu-Ming Lau | Lee Gong |
Russell Wong | Ben Loy |
Fan Hui | Ben Loy's Mom |
Lan Law | Aunt Gim |
Yuen-Yee Ng | Third Sister |
Cora Miao | Mei Oi |
Wu Ming Yu | Mei Oi's Mom |
Ta Lei | Movie Translator |
Eric Tsang | Ah Song |
Wai Wong | Chuck Ting |
Philip Chan | Henry Wang |
Yu-Yung Teng | Fat Man |
Ming-Yang Li | Old Lum |
Z. Greenstreet Kam | Chong Loo |
Wing-Tat Woo | Sum Woo |
Stephen Fong | George |
Paul Carr | Fry Cook |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John Chan | Executive Producer |
Lindsay Law | Executive Producer |
Lai-Jan Chong | Producer |
Tom Sternberg | Producer |