Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.
Cast
Crew
Ang Lee
Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
James Schamus
Writer, Executive Producer
Tim Squyres
Editor
Jong Lin
Director of Photography, Cinematography
Ted Hope
Executive Producer
Hsu Li-Kong
Executive Producer
Emily Yi-Ming Liu
Executive Producer
Jiang Feng-Chyt
Producer
Scott Bradley
Production Design
Elizabeth Jenyon
Costume Design
Chu Chih-Cheng
Sound Recordist
Pericles Lewnes
Special Effects Coordinator
Tai-An Hsu
Original Music Composer
Qu Xiaosong
Original Music Composer
Michael Shaw
Art Direction
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