Thousand Pieces of Gold (1990)

Directors

Nancy Kelly

Cast

Beth Broderick, Chris Cooper, David Hayward, Dennis Dun, Freda Foh Shen, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Michael Paul Chan, Rosalind Chao, Will Oldham

The story

Lalu is a young Chinese woman who is sold by her impoverished family and transported against her will to the American West in 1880. Upon her arrival in California, she meets Jim, a Chinese "wife trader" who sells her to Hong King, a successful Chinese merchant who lives in an Idaho mining town. The two set off on the long journey to Idaho and eventually strike up a friendship along the way.

Genres

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