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Pushing Hands

73
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1h 45m
Drama, Comedy
Starring Lung Sihung · Wang Bozhao · Wang Lai
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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.

Box Office
$152K
Budget
$400K
Return
0.4x
Theaters
1
Director
Ang Lee
Producers
Ted Hope, Hsu Li-Kong, Jiang Feng-Chyt
Music
Tai-An Hsu
Studio
Ang Lee Productions, Central Motion Picture Corporation, Good Machine
Original Title
推手
Original Language
Chinese
Keywords
martial arts culture clash chinatown tai chi american culture fish out of water new york state generation gap intercultural relationship family home culture shock multigenerational
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Cast

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L
Lung Sihung
Mr. Chu
W
Wang Bozhao
Alex Chu
W
Wang Lai
Mrs. Chen
W
Wang Hung-Chang
Boss Huang
L
Lester Chan Chit-Man
Chef Tsien

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