Eat a Bowl of Tea *** (1989, Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong) – Classic Movie Review 10,766

Director Wayne Wang’s 1989 Eat a Bowl of Tea is a gently amusing, telling and well acted 1940s-set romantic comedy drama about the family troubles of a young Chinese-American, Ben Loy (Russell Wong), when he brings home his Chinese-born bride, Mei Oi (Cora Miao) to New York.

Eat a Bowl of Tea, a PBS TV American Playhouse Theater production for cinemas, is a deeply-felt personal project with warmth and heart, based on the novel by Louis Chu.

Also in the cast are Victor Wong, Siu-Ming Lau, Eric Tsang [Eric Tsiang Chi Wai], Sau-Kei Lee [Lee Sau Kee], Yuen Fat Fai, Fan Hui and Lan Law.

Eat a Bowl of Tea is directed by Wayne Wang, runs 102 minutes, is made by American Playhouse Theater, is released by Columbia Pictures (US) and Artificial Eye (UK), is written by Judith Rascoe, based on the novel by Louis Chu, shot by Amir Mokri, produced by Tom Sternberg, scored by Mark Adler and designed by Bob Ziembicki.

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