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.

Tzi Ma

Yu Hing

Mark Boone Junior

Captain Wynne

Russell Wong

Mr. Wong

Tsai Chin

Madame Pong

Chen Tang

Joe Lee

Sue Wong

Po Ping

Brian Yang

Sam Yuen

Perry Yung

Bai Qiang

Matthew Ziff

Officer Matt

Jamie Harris

Robert Thompson

Raymond Ma

Dr. Tong

Cici Lau

Grandma

Edward Zo

Mei Song

Jake Tase

Townsperson

Victor Monroy

Townsperson

Duy Beck

Bodyguard

Leia Choi

Peony (Age 4)

Kami Christiansen

Well-Dressed Lady

Tingting Guan

Young Chinese Woman

Devin Hansen

Manservant

Song Hanz

Rough-Looking Man

Brian Hin

Chinese Man

Marc Liu

Chinese Man

Chad Wright

Mob Leader

Anne Kathrin Dern

Original Music Composer

Jonathan West

Director of Photography

Marc Liu

Associate Producer

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