The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet
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1993
1h 48m
7.2(276 votes)
Comedy
Drama
Romance

Overview

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

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Production Companies

Good Machine
Central Motion Picture Corporation
The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Videos & Trailers

4 videos

Cast & Crew

40 members
Acting

趙文瑄

Gao Wai-Tung

趙文瑄
Acting

歸亞蕾

Mrs. Gao

歸亞蕾
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郎雄

Mr. Gao

郎雄
Acting

May Chin

Gu Wei-Wei

May Chin
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Mitchell Lichtenstein

Simon

Mitchell Lichtenstein
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楊元提

Mao Mei

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Dion Birney

Andrew

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郭昌

Wai-Tung's Secretary

郭昌
Acting

Michael Gaston

Justice of the Peace

Michael Gaston
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Neal Huff

Steve

Neal Huff
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Mason Lee

Baby

Mason Lee
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John Nathan

Joe

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Chung-Wei Chou

Chef

Chung-Wei Chou
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Paul Chen

Guest A

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雍忠

Guest B

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傳鶴鳴

Guest C

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胡瑾

Guest D

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胡建亮

Guest E

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顧震宣

Guest F

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潘德斯

Guest G

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馮光遠

Guest H

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楊宜儒

Guest I

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楊偉宏

Guest J

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林映君

Female Guest A

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Jeffrey Howard

Street Musician

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侯鳳菏

Female Cashier

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許永德

Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend

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Anthony Ingoglia

Wei-Wei's Employer

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Eddie Johns

Haskell

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史芝芳

Granny Tien

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Robert Larenquent

Hispanic Man

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李正寧

Waiter

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Dean Li

Director Wang

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田鑌

Old Chen

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Marny Pocato

Miriam

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Tonia Rowe

Simon's Nurse

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Chung-Hsien Su

Studio Photographer

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Hannah Sullivan

Mariane

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Acting

Yao Peide

Egg Head

Yao Peide
Directing

李安

Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)

李安

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