The Jade Pendant
Love and loss in America
106 mins
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.
Jake Tase
Townsperson
Victor Monroy
Townsperson
Sheila Orey Sorensen
Townsperson
Duy Beck
Bodyguard
Leia Choi
Peony (Age 4)
Leo Faulkner
Franz
Tingting Guan
Young Chinese Woman
Song Hanz
Rough-Looking Man
Brian Hin
Chinese Man
Marc Liu
Chinese Man
Scott M. Rosenfelt
Writer
L.P. Leung
Writer
David Assael
Writer
Anne Kathrin Dern
Original Music Composer
Marc Liu
Associate Producer