Pushing Hands

About Pushing Hands

Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing.

Pushing Hands is a 1991 comedy film directed by Ang Lee. Its themes are fish out of water, culture clash, new york state, and chinatown.

Lung Sihung takes the lead as Mr. Chu, Wang Bozhao as Alex Chu, Deb Snyder as Martha Chu, and Wang Lai as Mrs. Chen. Released in December 1991, it runs 105 minutes.

The screenplay is by Ang Lee and James Schamus. Produced by Good Machine. It streams on Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel and Metrograph in the United States.

The Way of the Dragon, The Intern, and Pocahontas make useful companions to Pushing Hands, all filed under martial arts. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 93 votes.