Tsai Chin Filmography

Born:: January 1, 1937
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Chinese actress Tsai Chin appeared in a number of exotic roles in European and British films of the 1960s. She co-starred as the seductive Lin Tang in Christopher Lee's quartet of "Fu Manchu" pictures in the 1960s. Other films included the pretty good sci-fier Invasion (1966) and the pretty bad...Read More

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Year of the Fish

Actors: An Nguyen, Tsai Chin, Ken Leung, Randall Duk Kim

Synopsis: Writer/director David Kaplan offers a new spin on the familiar Cinderella story with this visually inventive tale of a hopeful Chinese immigrant who discovers that life in New York City isn't for the faint of heart after being forced to work in a shady massage partner. Shot on video and Read More

8/29/08
Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Film

Actors: Turhan Bey, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, Stephen Gong, James Hong

Synopsis: Filmmaker Arthur Dong's documentary Hollywood Chinese pays homage to the first century of the American film industry, as specifically colored and influenced by the Chinese immigrants to whom Hollywood owes an inestimable debt. Dong touches on everyone from actress Anna May Wong, of Limehouse Blues Read More

5/2/08
Grey's Anatomy: The Other Side of This Life, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Addison (Kate Walsh) heads to LA for a reunion old medical-school friends, blissfully unprepared for what it is in store for her. Meredith's stepmom Susan (Mare Winningham) is brought in with a truly bad case of hiccups, just as Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) Read More

2007
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior

Actors: Brenda Song, Shin Koyamada, Susan Chuang, Justin Chon

Synopsis: An aspiring homecoming queen discovers that in order to win the coveted crown she must first learn the way of the warrior in this action-packed Disney Channel production that the whole family will enjoy. Wendy Wu has a one track mind, and that track leads directly to the title of homecoming queen Read More

2006
Memoirs of a Geisha

Actors: Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Youki Kudoh

Synopsis: This film, based on the novel by Arthur Golden, unfolds from the perspective of Chiyo (Zhang Ziyi), a girl who, at the age of nine, is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto in the early 1930s. Here, she learns that becoming a geisha can be the single path to wealth and independence for a woman. The head Read More

12/9/05
The Interpreter

Actors: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal

Synopsis: An overheard conversation leads a woman into a dark world of deadly intrigue in this political thriller. Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) is an African émigré who works as an interpreter at the United Nations. One of the languages she understands is Ku, a dialect spoken in her home country of Matobo. Read More

4/22/05
Grey's Anatomy: Deny Deny Deny

Synopsis: On the verge of signing their divorce papers, Addison (Kate Walsh) and Derek (Patrick Dempsey) have second thoughts--and Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) fumes from the sidelines. Recovering from her miscarriage, Cristina (Sandra Oh) proves the old adage that doctors make the worst patients. Kindhearted Read More

2005
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

Actors: Lisa Brenner, Steven Brand, Kate Burton, Tsidii Leloka, Brad Greenquist

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Ridley Pearson, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer is a prequel to the goose-pimply 2002 TV miniseries Stephen King's Rose Red. In its efforts to "explain" the supernatural events in the earlier project, this made-for-TV chiller is set at the turn of the century, when the stately Read More

2003
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

Actors: Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian

Synopsis: Director Mina Shum re-teams with the lead actress behind her breakthrough debut film Double Happiness in this magic-realist romantic comedy. Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity stars Sandra Oh as Kin Ho, a lonely single mom living in Vancouver with her impish 12-year-old daughter, Mindy (Valerie Tian Read More

2002
The Gold Cup

Actors: Wood Harris, Jim Haynie, Sarah Lassez, O-Lan Jones, Tsai Chin

Synopsis: A Los Angeles cafe is the setting for this ensemble piece performed largely by a group of San Francisco stage actors. Mark (Mark Boone Jr.) is the cafe's reigning caffeine king, churning out lattes for a group of customers that includes bag lady Ma (Tsai Chin), portly Jerry (Michael McShane) Read More

2000
My American Vacation

Actors: Tsai Chin, Kim Miyori, Deborah Nishimura, Dennis Dun, Roger Fan

Synopsis: There are few better ways to bring tension to a family than to pack all of them into a motor vehicle for a few weeks. Grandmother Le (Tsai Chin) decides it's time to pay her family an overdue visit, so she flies from China to California to spend some time with her daughter, Ming-Na (Deborah Nishimura Read More

1999
Red Corner

Actors: Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann, Peter Donat

Synopsis: The strong anti-China beliefs of actor and political activist Richard Gere were evident in this Hitchcockian thriller that sought to expose the civil and human rights abuses of that country's legal system. Gere stars as Jack Moore, counsel to a large media conglomerate seeking to open trade Read More

1997
A Confucian Confusion

Crew: Production Designer

Actors: Chen Xiangqi, Ni Shujun, Wang Weiming, Wang Zhongzheng, Wang Yeming

Synopsis: Taiwanese society is closely examined in this complex political drama that includes elements of black comedy. The underlying thesis is a call for nouveau riche Asian countries to expand their horizons and reconsider their traditional ways. The relationships within the film are quite Read More

1995
The West Side Waltz

Actors: Jennifer Grey, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Ernest Thompson

Synopsis: Shirley Maclaine stars as a reclusive piano player in this made-for-television movie based on the play by Ernest Thompson. Maclaine plays Margaret Mary Elderdice, a loner-type who befriends her next-door neighbor and violinist Cara Varnum (Liza Minnelli) only so the two can play music together. Read More

1995
Due South: Chinatown

Actors: Paul Gross, David Marciano, Beau Starr, Catherine Bruhier, Daniel Kash

Synopsis: Hoping to stop Chinatown restauranteur Henry Lee (Yu Kun Lu) from exhorting his fellow tradesmen to rise up against the tyranny of gang boss Charlie Wong (Joel de la Fuente), Wong orders his minions to kidnap Henry's son David (Michael Hong). Fraser (Paul Gross) and Ray (David Marciano) make it Read More

1994
The Joy Luck Club

Actors: Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen, Rosalind Chao, Tamlyn Tomita

Synopsis: Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Ronald Bass effectively interweave sixteen mother-daughter tales in their silken film version of Amy Tan's best-selling novel about the clash between generations. The film takes place in present-day San Francisco, concentrating on a group of late-middle-aged Read More

1993
Taipei Story

Actors: Tsai Chin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Wu Nien-Chen, Ko Su-Yun

Synopsis: The disintegration of a relationship has undertones that find an echo in the possible disintegration of both the economy and the society in this intriguing tale from director Edward Yang. Qin (Cai Qin) has a high-paying job in a computer company, and her fiancé, Lon (Hou Xiaoxian), works in a Read More

1985
Enter the Panther

Synopsis: In this martial arts action movie, a young kung fu master seeks vengeance upon the villains who murdered a prominent miner. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1976
Rentadick

Synopsis: In this pre-Monty Python parody of private-eye movies by Graham Chapman and John Cleese, someone has stolen nerve gas that paralyzes victims from the waist down. Now the bumbling boys at Rentadick, Inc. must find them before it is too late. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
The Virgin Soldiers

Actors: Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Patrick, Rachel Kempson

Synopsis: This situation comedy finds rookie soldiers of the British Army trying to cope with military life while stationed in Malaya. Brigg (Hywel Bennett) is a young clerk who falls for the local school teacher Phillipa (Lynn Redgrave), the daughter of Royal Sergeant Major Raskin (Nigel Patrick). Brigg Read More

1969
The Blood of Fu Manchu

Actors: Richard Greene, Christopher Lee

Synopsis: The first of several collaborations between cult director Jesus Franco and British producer Harry Alan Towers, this horror-tinged adventure is full of jungle action, creative murders, and violent sexual sadism. Christopher Lee portrays the mysterious Asian madman Fu Manchu, plotting world Read More

1968
The Castle of Fu Manchu

Actors: Christopher Lee, Werner Abrolat

Synopsis: This extremely low-budget adventure was director Jesus Franco's second Fu Manchu film for British producer Harry Alan Towers. Christopher Lee returns as the Asian madman, who has developed a way to turn the oceans into ice as part of his plan to rule the world. Kidnapping famed Prof. Herakles (Gustavo Re Read More

1968
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu

Actors: Peter Carsten, Tony Ferrer, Wolfgang Kieling, Christopher Lee

Synopsis: Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) is the internationally known criminal mastermind back for another round of evil deeds. The objects of his malevolence are the police chiefs of the world, in particular the head of Scotland Yard. With the help of his equally evil daughter Lin Tang (Tsai Chin), Fu Manchu Read More

1968
You Only Live Twice

Actors: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Tetsuro Tamba, Mie Hama, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor

Synopsis: James Bond heads East to save the world (and to learn how to serve saki properly) in this action-packed espionage adventure. When an American spacecraft disappears during a mission, it's widely believed to have been intercepted by the Soviet Union, and after a Russian space capsule similarly goes Read More

1967
The Brides of Fu Manchu

Actors: Christopher Lee, Marie Versini, Tsai Chin

Synopsis: The nefarious Fu Manchu strikes again in this crime drama. This time the megalomaniacal Manchu plots to earn the money he needs to build a world-dominating ray gun by abducting the daughters of 12 important world leaders. His dastardly daughter assists. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1966
Blow-Up

Actors: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Peter Bowles, John Castle

Synopsis: Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal films of the 1960s. Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod "Swinging London." Filled with ennui, bored with his Read More

1966
Invasion

Actors: Edward Judd

Synopsis: Britain's Merton Park Productions briefly put its Edgar Wallace series on the back burner for the 1965 sci-fier Invasion. Per its title, the film involves a massive invasion of earth by extraterrestrials. Keeping within its tight budget, the film depicts only a handful of the invaders, who are Read More

1965
The Face of Fu Manchu

Actors: Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Howard Marion-Crawford, Tsai Chin

Synopsis: In this drama, the devilish Chinese villain has concocted a deadly gas. He tries it out in a small English town and is delighted to discover that it is terribly effective. He then travels to the Thames with his daughter. There he has an explosive encounter with the hero who stops the evil plot. Read More

1965
The Cool Mikado

Synopsis: In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, the trouble begins when a soldier, the son of a Yankee judge, falls in love with a Japanese girl. This enrages her Yakuza (Japanese mafia) fiance who kidnaps him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1963
Hot Money Girl - The Treasure of Santeresa

Synopsis: In this drama, an American agent for the OSS after the war, hides a large treasure in Czechoslovakia for a Nazi general. The general commits suicide before getting the jewels. The general's top aide then convinces the American to help him get them back. They enlist the aide of the general's Read More

1961
Violent Playground

Actors: Stanley Baker, Anne Heywood, David McCallum, Peter Cushing, John Slater

Synopsis: Violent Playground opens with a few West Side Story style shots of a Liverpool street gang, commandeered by a very nasty-looking David McCallum. We're going to be seeing a lot more of McCallum before the final fadeout: His sister (Anne Heywood) is in love with an upright police officer (Stanley Baker Read More

1958
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens, Robert Donat, Ronald Squire, Noel Hood, Athene Seyler

Synopsis: Alan Burgess' novel The Small Woman was the source for the British/American co-production Inn of the Sixth Happiness. Set in the China of the 1930s, the film stars Ingrid Bergman as real-life missionary Gladys Aylward. Against the advice of practically everyone, Gladys heads into the war-ravaged Read More

1958