
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.

as Tom

as Peony

as Yu Hing

as Captain Wynne

as Mr. Wong

as Madame Pong

as Joe Lee

as Lily

as Po Ping

as Sam Yuen

as Bai Qiang

as Officer Matt

as Robert Thompson

as Dr. Tong

as May

as Grandma

as Mei Song

as Rose

as Townsperson

as Townsperson

as Townsperson

as Townsperson

as Bodyguard

as Peony (Age 4)

as Well-Dressed Lady

as Franz

as Young Chinese Woman

as Manservant

as Rough-Looking Man

as Chinese Man

as Chinese Man

as Mob Leader