San Francisco in Cinema: The Joy Luck Club
This house at 180 Manchester Street in Bernal Heights is the home of chic, successful  Waverly Jong as played by Tamlyn Tamita in The Joy Luck Club. Directed by Wayne Wang from the best-selling Amy Tan novel, The Joy Luck Club details the relationships between women and their four Chinese-born mothers living in America. A rush of memories and rich details bring the cultural and generational stories vividly to life. Breakthrough 1993 film features performances by Kieu Chinh, Frances Nuyen, Tsai Chin, and Ming-Na as June Woo. 

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