Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
Directed by Wayne Wang
based on novel or book
chinese
family
chinese american
mother daughter relationship
Rank
#9 in 1993·#529 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
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Cast
Tsai Chin
Lindo Jong
Kieu Chinh
Suyuan Wong
Lisa Lu
An-Mei Hsu
France Nuyen
Ying-Ying St. Clair
Rosalind Chao
Rose Hsu Jordan
Lauren Tom
Lena St. Clair
Tamlyn Tomita
Waverly Jong
Ming-Na Wen
June Woo
Michael Paul Chan
Harold
Andrew McCarthy
Ted Jordan
Christopher Rich
Rich
Vivian Wu
An Mei's Mother
Crew
Wayne Wang
Director
Amy Tan
Screenplay
Ronald Bass
Screenplay
Rachel Portman
Original Music Composer
Maysie Hoy
Editor
Amir Mokri
Director of Photography
Amy Tan
Producer
Janet Yang
Executive Producer
Wayne Wang
Producer
Ronald Bass
Producer
Oliver Stone
Executive Producer
Risa Bramon Garcia
Casting
Popular Reviews
223 reviews
Leiyah
10.0★ · 10/17/24
Ive never had a movie make me cry 5 separate times
Ive never had a movie make me cry 5 separate times
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grace
10.0★ · 05/29/26
A show for mothers and daughters to watch together. Watched this with my mum and this show was just 10/10 emotional throughout. Every single story told in the film was SO impactful. 10/10 storytelling. Watch this anytime you feel your sense of self-worth drop. * "Losing him does not matter. It is you who will be found and cherished."*
A show for mothers and daughters to watch together. Watched this with my mum and this show was just 10/10 emotional throughout. Every single story told in the film was SO impactful. 10/10 storytelling. Watch this anytime you feel your sense of self-worth drop. * "Losing him does not matter. It is you who will be found and cherished."*
Kingo
5.0★ · 05/04/26
I don’t really enjoy flashback type movies like this it was still done well though
I don’t really enjoy flashback type movies like this it was still done well though
Melissa Lomeli
9.0★ · 04/24/26
so good but i literally cried like the whole time
so good but i literally cried like the whole time
YJ
10.0★ · 03/02/26
cried like an actual baby all throughout the movie. the characters are so multidimensional and display perfectly what it’s like to be a woman specifically an asian woman. the need for validation from one’s mother is so SO real and beautifully depicted all across. the central theme of hope the mothers carry for their daughter was my breaking point i think it’s just so beautiful how women that were deemed unworthy just want their babies to live out their ambitions 🥹🥹
cried like an actual baby all throughout the movie. the characters are so multidimensional and display perfectly what it’s like to be a woman specifically an asian woman. the need for validation from one’s mother is so SO real and beautifully depicted all across. the central theme of hope the mothers carry for their daughter was my breaking point i think it’s just so beautiful how women that were deemed unworthy just want their babies to live out their ambitions 🥹🥹
