The Jade Pendant
“Love and loss in America”
6.0
2017
1h 46m
DramaHistory
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.
Key Crew
Director
Leong Po-Chih
Writers
Scott M. Rosenfelt
L.P. Leung
David Assael
Cinematography
Jonathan West
Music
Anne Kathrin Dern
Cast (32)
Godfrey Gao
Tom
Clara Lee
Peony
