Chan Is Missing

About Chan Is Missing

Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.

Chan Is Missing is a 1982 crime mystery film directed by Wayne Wang. It runs 76 minutes and was released in April 1982.

The film is filed under missing person, chinatown, chinese american, and chinese immigrant.

Wood Moy stars as Jo, Marc Hayashi as Steve, Laureen Chew as Amy, and Peter Wang as Henry. The screenplay is by Isaac Cronin and Wayne Wang. In the United States it streams on MUBI Amazon Channel and Strand Releasing Amazon Channel.

Big Trouble in Little China, Ip Man 4: The Finale, and Always Be My Maybe make useful companions to Chan Is Missing.