Thousand pieces of gold / American Playhouse Theatrical Films and Maverick Films International, Ltd. in association with Film Four International ; TPOG, Inc. ; a Greycat Films release.

Set in the 1880s, this film chronicles the journey of Lalu (Rosalind Chao), a Chinese woman whose financially desperate family sells her as a bride. She is sent to the United States, where she is bought by barkeep Hong King (Michael Paul Chan), who plans to make money off of Lalu by forcing her into...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Playhouse Theatrical Films
Maverick Films International, Ltd
Film Four International
Greycat Films
TPOG, Inc
Other Authors: McCunn, Ruthanne Lum
Chao, Rosalind
Dun, Dennis
Chan, Michael Paul
Cooper, Chris, 1951-
Kelly, Nancy, 1921-1995
Yamamoto, Kenji
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles, Calif.?] : [Hemdale Home Video?], [between 2000 and 2009?]
Subjects:
Bemis, Polly, > 1853-1933 > Drama.
Chinese American women > Drama.
Women > Idaho > 19th century > Drama.
Women pioneers > Idaho > 19th century > Drama.
Chinese Americans > Idaho > 19th century > Drama.
Forced labor > United States > 19th century > Drama.
United States > History > 19th century > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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