List of the best Tsai Chin movies: She Lights Up Well(2014), Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity(2002), The Vengeance of Fu Manchu(1968), The Jade Pendant(2017), The Blood of Fu Manchu(1968), The Castle of Fu Manchu(1969), Lucky Grandma(2019), The Face of Fu Manchu(1965), The Brides of Fu Manchu(1966), The Joy Luck Club(1993), Memoirs of a Geisha(2005), Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior(2006) ... ...
Comedy
USA
2014
77 Minutes
Grandma
Joyce Wu Sean Kleier Tsai Chin Brian Yang
An out-of-work actress moves back in with her parents and directs a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" to try and save the community theater.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2002
91 Minutes
Hun Ping Wong
Sandra Oh Valerie Tian Tsai Chin Ric Young Christina Ma Chang Tseng Alannah Ong Kameron Louangxay Russell Yuen
Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.
Sci-Fi
USA
1968
91 Minutes
Lin Tang
Christopher Lee Douglas Wilmer Tsai Chin Tony Ferrer Wolfgang Kieling Suzanne Roquette Peter Carsten Mona Chong Horst Frank Howard Marion-Crawford Maria Rohm
inspector doctor ship captain villain enemy police chief chilling confident creative gritty thrilling suspenseful china scotland yard northern china china rivalry world destruction world domination science fiction
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.
Romance, Drama
Hong Kong|USA
2017
106 Minutes
Madame Pong
Clara Lee Godfrey Gao Russell Wong Tsai Chin Tzi Ma Christine Ko Mark Boone Junior Jamie Harris Brian Yang Matthew Ziff Nina Wu
A tragic love story set against the lynching of 18 Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, in 1871. Filmed in Utah.
Horror, Adventure, Crime, Drama
UK|West Germany|Spain
1968
92 Minutes
Lin Tang
Christopher Lee Richard Greene Howard Marion-Crawford Tsai Chin Götz George Ricardo Palacios Shirley Eaton Maria Rohm Frances Kahn Marcelo Arroita-Jauregui Vicente Roca
mad scientist slave enemy man intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing brooding rainforest south america hole headquarters poison danger moonshine blindness death adventure discovery
Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.
Horror
1969
92 Minutes
Lin Tang
Christopher Lee Maria Perschy Richard Greene Tsai Chin Günther Stoll Howard Marion-Crawford Jose Manuel Martin Rosalba Neri Werner Abrolat Jesús Franco Herbert Fux
An Asian villain (Christopher Lee), now in Istanbul, plans to take over the world with a freezing machine.
Drama
USA
2019
100 Minutes
Grandma
Christine Chang Wayne Chang Lyman Chen Clem Cheung Tsai Chin Woody Fu Hsiao-Yuan Ha Emma Hong Kristen Hung Noel Ramos
Set in New York City's Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck - and in the middle of a gang war.
Horror
UK|West Germany
1965
94 Minutes
Lin Tang
Christopher Lee Nigel Green Howard Marion-Crawford James Robertson Justice Tsai Chin Walter Rilla Karin Dor Harry Brogan
villain nemesis professor doctor daughter kidnapper campy engaging spirited striking crafty madcap london evil plot kidnapping faking death crime secret world pursuit quest
After the execution of Fu Manchu, a mysterious new criminal mastermind arises. Strangely, he acts the same as Fu Manchu. . .
Crime, Drama
USA
1966
94 Minutes
Lin Tang
Christopher Lee Douglas Wilmer Marie Versini Heinz Drache Howard Marion-Crawford Tsai Chin Kenneth Fortescue Joseph Fürst Carole Gray Harald Leipnitz Rupert Davies
villain henchmen daughter scientist blackmailer engaging campy striking spirited madcap crafty london evil plot kidnapping good versus evil world domination threats scientific experiments discovery escape
A tenderfoot becomes a bounty hunter in the hopes of making a better future for himself and his new love.
Drama
USA|China
1993
138 Minutes
Lindo Jong
Rosalind Chao Tamlyn Tomita France Nuyen Vivian Wu Andrew McCarthy Kieu Chinh Tsai Chin Lisa Lu Ming-Na Lauren Tom Chao-Li-Chi
mother grandmother daughter immigrant heartwarming touching emotional china san francisco house family history mother/daughter relationship immigration generational divide cross-cultural romance culture clash growing up sacrifice forbidden love transformation
The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
Romance, Drama
USA|Japan|France
2005
136 Minutes
Auntie
Zhang Ziyi Ken Watanabe Michelle Yeoh Koji Yakusho Youki Kudoh Gong Li Kaori Momoi Tsai Chin Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Suzuka Ohgo Randall Duk Kim
geisha rival mentor servant client young girl passionate spectacular gripping engaging kyoto, japan geisha house bordello house performance training servitude coming of age romance unintended consequences
Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Adventure, Action
2006
90 Minutes
Grandma Wu
Brenda Song Shin Koyamada Susan Chuang Justin Chon Michael David Cheng Andy Fischer-Price Ellen Woglom Tsai Chin
popular girl dragon buddhist monk creative lighthearted spirited high school united states museum reincarnation mythical creatures dragon transformation underdog 2000s
A popular teen (Brenda Song) learns she is the reincarnation of a Chinese warrior who must save the world from an evil villain.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|France|Germany|USA
2005
123 Minutes
Luan
Nicole Kidman Sean Penn Catherine Keener Jesper Christensen Yvan Attal Michael Wright Earl Cameron George Harris Tsai Chin Clyde Kusatsu Eric Keenleyside
interpreter secret service agent president diplomat police chief suspenseful intricate thrilling united nations new york city matobo espionage assassination plot political intrigue diplomacy violence international conspiracy mystery revenge 2000s
Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
Crime, Drama
UK|Italy
1966
111 Minutes
David Hemmings Vanessa Redgrave Sarah Miles Jane Birkin Gillian Hills Peter Bowles John Castle Harry Hutchinson Susan Brodrick Mary Khal Ronan O'Casey
photographer model mysterious woman disturbing fascinating intricate tense london park photography lab photography studio conspiracy paranoia fashion investigation stalking mystery discovery 1960s
A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
Musical
UK
1963
81 Minutes
Frankie Howerd Stubby Kaye Tommy Cooper Dennis Price Mike Winters Lionel Blair Kevin Scott Glenn Mason Pete Murray Jacqueline Jones Dermot Walsh
Hank, the son of American judge Herbert Mikado, refuses to marry Katie Shaw, whom his father wishes him to marry, and so joins the army. He is stationed in Japan where he falls in love with a Tokyo art student, Yum-Yum.