Eat a Bowl of Tea

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Eat a Bowl of Tea is a 1989 film adaptation of Louis Chu’s novel that explores Chinese American life and generational conflict in New York’s Chinatown after World War II.

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Eat a Bowl of Tea (novel) 2
Eat a Bowl of Tea canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1980s film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Louis Chu ⓘ
basedOn Eat a Bowl of Tea (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Eat a Bowl of Tea
castMember Cora Miao ⓘ
Eric Tsang ⓘ
Judy Ongg ⓘ
Lau Siu-Ming ⓘ
Lois Foraker ⓘ
Russell Wong ⓘ
Soon-Tek Oh ⓘ
Stan Egi ⓘ
Victor Wong ⓘ
cinematographer Michael Chin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depictsEthnicGroup Chinese Americans ⓘ
depictsSocialIssue assimilation ⓘ
generation gap ⓘ
patriarchy ⓘ
director Wayne Wang ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor Maysie Hoy ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
genre comedy-drama film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
romantic film ⓘ
hasAdaptationSource Eat a Bowl of Tea (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Eat a Bowl of Tea
mainCharacter Ben Loy ⓘ
Lee Gong ⓘ
Mei Oi ⓘ
Wah Gay ⓘ
mainTheme Chinese American life ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
immigrant experience ⓘ
marriage and sexuality ⓘ
musicBy Mark Adler ⓘ
narrativeLocationTime post-World War II era ⓘ
notableFor early Asian American cinema representation ⓘ
originalLanguage Cantonese ⓘ
English ⓘ
producer Tom Sternberg ⓘ
releaseYear 1989 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
screenwriter Judith Rascoe ⓘ
Wayne Wang ⓘ
setIn Manhattan Chinatown ⓘ
New York City ⓘ

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Victor Wong → notableWork → Eat a Bowl of Tea ⓘ
Eat a Bowl of Tea → basedOn → Eat a Bowl of Tea (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Eat a Bowl of Tea
Eat a Bowl of Tea → hasAdaptationSource → Eat a Bowl of Tea (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Eat a Bowl of Tea