It is a Chinese romantic film starring Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong, Siu-Ming Lau and Eric Tsang. Eat a Bowl of Tea is a must-read for all it tells us about its time and place. Eat a Bowl of Tea is a 1989 film directed by Wayne Wang based on the novel of the same name by Louis Chu. One person found this helpful. Eat a Bowl of Tea gives us the history of Chinese immigrants in a way that is not portrayed in history books. All hail this long-overdue reissue! At the same time, we should also remember that Wang's film is a retrospective piece and have to take his own social contexts (late 1980s) into consideration. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-04-17 20:46:15 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid Group Collection inlibrary; printdisabled Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Plot. Eat a bowl of tea by Louis Chu. Eat a Bowl of Tea explores the pressures put on two newlyweds in Chinatown to meet the expectations of their community. Eat a Bowl of Tea Presented by the Pan Asian Repertory Theater, Inc. Tisa Chang, artistic/producing director Commissioned by the Chinatown History Project April 17–May 12, 1985 Actor's Outlet, 120 West 28th Street Directed by Mr. Abuba and Tisa Chang Lighting designer, Richard Dorfman Costume designer, Eiko Yamaguchi Set designer, Alex Polner In Eat a Bowl of Tea, Louis Chu breaks from this norm and presents a realistic portrayal of the bachelor society of New York’s Chinatown in the late 1940s. This is a trailer I produced awhile back for this funny Wayne Wang film. A pleasure lies in store for a whole new generation of readers. Eat a Bowl of Tea is situated at this historical juncture with the legal history that sets the plot in motion. Yet, it's sentimental and a love story too. Eat a Bowl of Tea Cora Miao Russell Wong Victor Wong (1989) A Chinese-American club owner's (Victor Wong) son (Russell Wong) brings his Chinese bride (Cora Miao) to 1940s New York. 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