Overview
Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.
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Box office
Grossed $152K worldwide against a $400K budget
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Setting
Set in Chinatown and New York
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Lin Jong
Details
- Director
- Writers
- James SchamusWriter
- Ang LeeWriter
- Original title
- 推手
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 7, 1991
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Budget
- $400K
- Revenue
- $152.3K
- Countries
- Taiwan, United States of America
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