Up Next in Asian American ’80s

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  They Call Me Bruce

  They Call Me Bruce

  Directed by Elliott Hong • 1982 • United States
  Starring Johnny Yune, John Louie, Bill Capizzi

  This unabashedly goofball martial-arts spoof gave an Asian American comedian a rare chance in the spotlight. Stand-up comic Johnny Yune stars as a Korean immigrant living in California whom everyone ca...

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  West Is West

  West Is West

  Directed by David Rathod • 1987 • United States
  Starring Ashutosh Gowariker, Heidi Carpenter, Pearl Padamsee

  Handsome and broke, Vikram (played by Ashutosh Gowariker, future director of the Oscar-nominated LAGAAN: ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA) arrives from Bombay to find his college plans have fall...

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  Community Plot

  Community Plot

  Directed by J. T. Takagi • 1984 • United States

  Four neighbors form an uneasy alliance after a case worker from family court is accidentally killed in their building. With a gutsy sense of humor, this satiric comedy captures the chaos and cultural diversity of New York’s Lower East Side.