The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

109 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | March 1, 1993

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

The Wedding Banquet

109 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | March 1, 1993

The Wedding Banquet
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine
Original title 喜宴
Directors Ang Lee
Writers Neil Peng, James Schamus, Ang Lee

Cast

Gua Ah-leh

as Mrs. Gao

Sihung Lung

as Mr. Gao

May Chin

as Wei-Wei

Winston Chao

as Wai-Tung Gao

Neal Huff

as Steve

Michael Gaston

as Justice of the Peace

Mason Lee

as Baby

Dion Birney

as Andrew

John Nathan

as Joe

Jeanne Kuo Chang

as Wai-Tung's Secretary

Paul Chen

as Guest

Chung-Wei Chou

as Chef

Yun Chung

as Guest

Ho-Mean Fu

as Guest

Jeffrey Howard

as Street Musician

Theresa Hou

as Female Cashier

Hsu Yung-Teh

as Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend

Jean Hu

as Guest

Albert Huang

as Guest

Anthony Ingoglia

as Wei-Wei's Employer

Eddie Johns

as Haskell

Thomas Koo

as Guest

Chih Kuan

as Granny Tien

Robert Larenquent

as Hispanic Man

Neal Lee

as Waiter

Dean Li

as Director Wang

Jennifer Lin

as Guest

Francis Pan

as Guest

Neal Peng

as Guest

Tien Pien

as Old Chen

Marny Pocato

as Miriam

Tonia Rowe

as Simon's Nurse

Chung-Hsien Su

as Studio Photographer

Hannah Sullivan

as Mariane

Elizabeth Yang

as Guest

Vanessa Yang

as Mao Mei

Wei-Huang Ying

as Guest

Yao Peide

as Egg Head

Ang Lee

as Guest at the Wedding Banquet (uncredited)