The Shangri-la Café
A Japanese-American family conceals their identity and reluctantly adopts discriminatory practices in order to operate a Chinese restaurant within the hostile cold war climate of Las Vegas in the late 1950's.
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"As I watched the movie spool to the end, two names came to mind, one local, the other national. The former was Bill Murata, known after Dec. 7, 1941 as "Chew Gum Long," the Chinese magician/comedian. The latter was Jack Soo, aka Goro Suzuki, according to the IMDb mini biography. The former regained his Hawaii identity after World War II, the latter kept his stage name and went on to an interesting career as a character actor. Identity can be inconvenient, requiring a change as circumstances demand. But doing the right thing can take even more courage, especially when you have no/few ..."
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A Japanese-American family conceals their identity and reluctantly adopts discriminatory practices in order to operate a Chinese restaurant within the hostile cold war climate of Las Vegas in the late 1950's.