Pushing Hands

Name: Pushing Hands
Director: Ang Lee
Released: 1991
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Sihung Lung, Lai Wang, Bozhao Wang, Deb Snyder, Fanny De Luz

1991 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 5,056 VOTES · DIR. Ang Lee

Overview

Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,213 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:07:12 Jesus, oh!

00:14:57 Come on. Let's clean up for dinner

00:17:35 If there's one thing worse than a communist

00:21:15 I can play basketball

00:25:58 Come on, let's explore

00:30:21 My God, would that hurt?

00:33:07 Just over a month

00:37:12 When you arrive at old age everything is quiet

00:41:11 I didn't do anything to her

00:46:54 I'm still embarrassed

00:50:52 That school is too distracting for him

00:58:46 I'm sorry too. Alex is furious

01:04:58 they knew they couldn't hurt me

01:07:51 Hello... yes, I am. Yici

01:10:14 Did you find the spot?

01:13:04 I could only take the gentle styles like Tai Chi Chuan

01:15:51 How come your son-in-law didn't come today?

01:19:20 send my regards to Mrs. Chen and her daughter

01:22:05 Don't come tomorrow

01:27:14 Once I get busy I won't be able to help you anyway

01:29:22 I'm not getting involved in this

01:34:44 I tell you I don't know if he's meditating or sleeping

01:38:13 Relax

01:40:55 No way

Cast & Characters

Sihung Lung Mr. Chu Lai Wang Mrs. Chen Bozhao Wang Alex Chu Deb Snyder Martha Chu Fanny De Luz Linda Haan Lee Jeremy Chu Hung-Chang Wang Boss Huang Jeanne Kuo Chang New Cooking Teacher James Lou Mr. Chao B.C. Lee Waiter Lee

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,213

Dialogue density11.6 lines / min

First line00:07:12

Final line01:40:55

Production Record

DirectorAng Lee

LanguageChinese

Budget$400,000

Revenue$152,322

IMDb votes5,056