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Im Spiegel der Maya Deren (2002)
Character: Himself
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
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The Nightingale (1983)
Character: Gardener
A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.
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Now Chinatown (2000)
Character: Mr. Quong
Lee's family sent her from China to Los Angeles three years ago to be a waitress in a Chinatown restaurant and send money home to support her ailing grandmother. She lives with her bitter aunt, and endures terrible treatment at work, but feels trapped. Steve, a well-traveled engineer, enters her shabby restaurant by accident one day and is smitten by her. He works to bring her out of her misery and isolation in the short time before he has to leave for a job in China.
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Damien: The Leper Priest (1980)
Character: N/A
A dramatization of the life of the 19th-Century priest who devoted himself to service in Hawaii's leper colony.
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Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women (1977)
Character: Waiter
A couple of resourceful, free-wheeling criminal attorneys with an eye for the ladies confront a no-nonsense judge while trying to clear an heiress in the slaying of her husband, although her explanation of a mysterious intruder provides them with a rather weak case.
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Character: Elder
This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.
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Extreme Days (2001)
Character: Grandpa G
As four lifelong friends, Will, Bryan, Matt, and Corey, are on the road trip they've been planning their whole lives, Corey's beloved grandfather unexpectedly dies. When going to claim Corey's inheritance, the gang meets Matt's beautiful cousin Jessie and embark on a hilarious, extreme sports-filled adventure.
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First Family (1980)
Character: Chinese Ambassador
When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
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The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981)
Character: Astrologer
A rugged warrior is on a quest to avenge his father's brutal slaying and in search of a legendary sorcerer who can help him. Joining him on his mission is a beautiful enchantress who is also searching for the sorcerer; pursuing him is a malevolent wizard who wants him dead.
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Blood Work (2002)
Character: Mr. Kang
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
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Eyewitness (1981)
Character: Mr. Long
NYC custodian Daryll Deever is a big fan of local news reporter Tony Sokolow, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. There's been a murder in the office building, and Tony suspects that Daryll may have insight into the crime, a notion that he furthers to stay close to her. However, when those behind the killing begin to think that he really knows something, they target the pair to keep their secrets hidden.
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The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Character: Canning Woo
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
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Meditation on Violence (1949)
Character: Himself
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees of traditional Chinese boxing, Wu-tang, Shao-lin, and Shao-lin with a sword. A long sequence of the ballet-like, sinuous Wu-tang becomes the more erratic Shao-lin; in the middle, there is an abrupt change to leaping sword movements, in the center of which, at the apogee of the leap, there is a long held freeze-frame.
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Character: Uncle Chu
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
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What's Cooking? (2000)
Character: Grandpa Nguyen
Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.
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The Master of Disguise (2002)
Character: Mongolian
After the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped by Devlin Bowman in an attempt to steal the most precious treasures from around the world, Italian waiter Pistachio Disguisey utilizes his supernatural ability to disguise himself in an attempt to stop him.
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Still Breathing (1997)
Character: Formosa Bartender
Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsessed with. She resists, afraid of his kooky ideas until she travels with him to San Antonio and meets his wise grandmother. Story of two disparate people linked by "fate" gets increasingly interesting as it rolls along.
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Warriors of Virtue (1997)
Character: Master Chung
A young boy is whisked away to the mythical land of Tao where he becomes the center of a conflict between an evil lord and a group of animal warriors.
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The Nutty Professor (1996)
Character: Asian Man
When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.
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Wedding Crashers (2005)
Character: Old Chinese Man
John and his buddy Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.
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American Dreamz (2006)
Character: Chinese Premiere
The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. Recently awakened President Staton even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.
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The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000)
Character: Chinese Man
The Duke Boys and company travel to Hollywood to sell some musical recordings in order to raise money to build a new hospital in Hazzard County. However, when their recordings and money are stolen, they wind up on the run from mysterious hitmen, sleazy record producers, Russian gangsters, and vicious loan sharks.
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The Big Brawl (1980)
Character: Kwan
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
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The Prestige (2006)
Character: Chung Ling Soo
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
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