Assignment Istanbul 1969  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Castle of Fu Manchu
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Tsai Chin, Howard Marion-Crawford, Gunther Stoll, Rosalba Neri, Maria Perschy, Jose Manuel Martin, Werner Abrolat, Osvaldo Genazzani, Herbert Fux, Gustavo Re
In this "Fu Manchu" series film, the evil Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) concocts another way to take over the world: he invents a machine that freezes sea water instantly. He needs help to complete the machine, so he kidnaps a noted scientist (Gustavo Re) as well as two heart doctors to conduct a heart transplant when the scientist has a heart attack. To the rescue comes Fu Manchu's nemesis, Scotland Yard Detective Nayland Smith (Richard Greene), in this terrible, low budget entry.
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The Blood of Fu Manchu 1968  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Kiss and Kill
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Gotz George, Howard Marion-Crawford, Tsai Chin, Maria Rohm, Shirley Eaton, Frances Khan, Ricardo Palacios, Loni von Friedl, Marcelo Arroita-Jauregui, Isaura de Oliviera
In his quest to take over the world, the dastardly, diabolical, crazed Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) concocts a lipstick that contains a powerful poison–lethal only to men. His plan: have beautiful women wear the lipstick and kiss important men who are a hindrance to his goal. One of the intended victims is Detective Denis Nayland-Smith (Richard Greene), Fu Manchu's arch-nemesis. With help, our detective hero tracks down and saves the world while also finding an antidote for the poison.
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The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer 2003  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Cast: Lisa Brenner, Steven Brand, Kate Burton, Tsidii Leloka, Brad Greenquist, Deirdre Quinn, Tsai Chin, Jacob Pearce Guzman, Courtney Taylor Burness, Eric Keenleyside, Ridley Pearson, Frank Buxton
This made-for-TV prequel to the Stephen King miniseries "Rose Red" is based on a novel by Ridley Pearson. Set at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, this is the story of Ellen (Lisa Brenner), whose rich, new husband (Steven Brand) built the Rose Red mansion for her as a wedding present. As time goes on, Ellen becomes suspicious of her husband's past, and it appears that the house may be haunted with some of his acquaintances who had disappeared.
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The Joy Luck Club 1993  R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu, Ming-Na, Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom, Rosalind Chao, Victor Wong, Michael Paul Chan, Chao Li Chi, Melanie Chang
This is the film adaptation of Amy Tan's excellent novel about four Chinese women who fled China in the 1930s and became lifelong friends in San Francisco. It is an insightful look into the Joy Luck Club's members as well as their daughters' contemporary problems.
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Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity 2002 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Mina Shum
Cast: Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian, Ric Young, Chang Tseng, Russell Yuen, Donald Fong, Christina Ma, Alannah Ong, Tsai Chin, Colin Foo, Benjamin Ratner
When 12-year-old Mindy (Valerie Tian) attempts Chinese magic to change her divorced mother's (Sandra Oh) fortunes, her misdirected spells drastically change the lives of a local butcher (Ric Young) and a security guard (Chang Tseng).
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 Memoirs of a Geisha 2005  PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Suzuka Ohgo, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman, Elizabeth Sung, Thomas Ikeda, Gong Li, Tsai Chin, Michelle Yeoh, Karl Yune, Eugenia Yuan, Zhang Ziyi
Nine-year-old Chiyo is sold to a geisha house and endures cruel treatment from geisha Hatsumomo–until she is rescued by a rival geisha, Mameha, and learns the artistic and social skills that lead her into pre-World War II Japanese society. Three Academy Awards were received (Best Art Direction, Cinematography, and Costume Design), and the film received three additional nominations.
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Red Corner 1997   R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Avnet
Cast: Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann, Peter Donat, Robert(2) Stanton, Richard Venture, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Tzi Ma
An American lawyer, Jack Moore (Richard Gere), on a business trip to Bejing, China, enjoys a one-night stand with a model and wakes up to find her dead. A young Chinese attorney Shen Yuelin (Bai Ling) defends Moore and finds his own life changing as the case evolves.
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Rentadick 1972 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jim Clark
Cast: James Booth, Richard Briers, Julie Ege, Donald Sinden, Roy Kinnear, Michael Bentine, Ronald Fraser, Spike Milligan, Tsai Chin, Kenneth Cope, John Wells, Patricia Quinn
Chaos, along with humor and double crosses, are the order of the day when the bumbling detectives of Rentadick, Inc. set out on the trail of criminals who stole a nerve gas that paralyzes its victims from the waist down.
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Titan A.E. 2000 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Art Vitello
Cast: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Janeane Garofalo, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Ron Perlman, Tone Loc, Jim Breuer, Jim Cummings, Alex D. Linz, Charles Rocket, Ken Hudson Campbell, Tsai Chin
In this animated sci-fi film, the year is 3028 A,D., and the alien Drej destroy Earth. Only young Cale (voice of Matt Damon) holds the key to survival–a genetically coded map pointing to the gigantic spaceship, "Titan"–but the Drej are in hot pursuit.
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The Vengeance of Fu Manchu 1967 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeremy Summers
Cast: Christopher Lee, Tony Ferrer, Tsai Chin, Douglas Wilmer, Wolfgang Kieling, Horst Frank, Maria Rohm, Howard Marion-Crawford, Peter Carsten, Suzanne Roquette, Noel Trevarthen, Mona Chong
The evil Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) is back and still plotting to become the world's most feared criminal. His plan: kidnap a surgeon and force him to remake the face of one of Fu Manchu's prisoners into that of Scotland Yard nemesis Nayland Smith. He then sends the double–under hypnosis–to kill Smith's maid. Now Nayland Smith is convicted of murder, and Fu Manchu sets out to do the same thing in other countries.
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| 1. Assignment Istanbul (1969)
aka: The Castle of Fu Manchu
2. The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
aka: Kiss and Kill
3. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003)
4. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
5. Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002)
6. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
7. Red Corner (1997)
8. Rentadick (1972)
9. Titan A.E. (2000)
10. The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
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