The Purple Heart

1944

English

6.4

♡ 6

40%

Lewis Milestone Director

Anne Baxter as Anne

Richard Conte as Lt. Angelo Canelli

Martin Garralaga as Manuel Siva

Philip Ahn as Saburo Goto

This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: being tried and convicted as war criminals.

The Left Hand of God

1955

English

6.4

♡ 8

48%

Action

based on novel or book

Edward Dmytryk Director

Agnes Moorehead as Beryl Sigman

Philip Ahn as Jan Teng

Victor Sen Yung as John Wong

Lee J. Cobb as Mieh Yang

A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics prove very successful in the Seven Villages, as around them China disintegrates in civil war and revolution. But he has a secret, and his friendship with mission nurse Anne (an attractive war widow) seems to be taking on an unpriestly tone.

Battle Circus

1953

English

5.9

♡ 2

26%

Action

doctor nurse relationship

Richard Brooks Director

William Campbell as Capt. John 'Rusty' Rustford

Philip Ahn as Korean Prisoner

June Allyson as Lt. Ruth McGara

Keenan Wynn as Sgt. Orvil Statt

A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 8666th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. Jed Webbe. Major Webbe, who has a drinking problem, at first wants a "no strings" relationship. McGara is warned by the other nurses of Webbe's womanizing ways. Despite these initial handicaps, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. The relationship deepens and uplifts both characters.

One-Eyed Jacks

1961

English

7.1

♡ 16

65%

Stanley Kubrick Director

Jorge Moreno as Bouncer in Shack

Timothy Carey as Howard Tetley

Karl Malden as Sheriff Dad Longworth

Philip Ahn as Uncle

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.

Disputed Passage

1939

English

6.4

♡ 4

Frank Borzage Director

Keye Luke as Andrew Abbott

Philip Ahn as Dr. Fung

David S. Horsley as Intern

James P. Hogan as Messenger Boy

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.

The Karate Killers

1967

English

5.3

♡ 3

18%

Barry Shear Director

Telly Savalas as Count Valeriano De Fanzini

Kim Darby as Sandy True

Philip Ahn as Sazami Kyushu

William Bryant as Technician

International spies Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin travel around the globe in an effort to track down a secret formula that was divided into four parts and left by a dying scientist with his four of five daughters, all of whom live in different countries. His widow, Amanda, is murdered at the beginning by the counter-spies of the organization THRUSH. Evil THRUSH agent Randolph also wants the formula, and is aided by his karate-chopping henchmen.

The Good Earth

1937

English

7.5

♡ 4

95%

77%

1910s

Action

based on novel or book

based on play or musical

china

Drama

family relationships

husband wife relationship

Romance

Victor Fleming Director

Victor Sen Yung as Chinese Peasant

Keye Luke as Elder Son

Philip Ahn as Revolutionary Army Captain

Walter Connolly as Uncle

China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944

English

7.2

♡ 5

83%

John M. Stahl Director

Vincent Price as Angus Mealey

Gregory Peck as Father Francis Chisholm

Philip Ahn as Mr. Pao - Envoy for Mr. Chia

Thomas Mitchell as Willie Tulloch

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.

Klondike Annie

1936

English

6.4

♡ 3

58%

Raoul Walsh Director

Nella Walker as Missionary

William A. Boardway as Nightclub Patron

George MacQuarrie as Port Officer

Philip Ahn as Wing

A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.

The General Died at Dawn

1936

English

6.5

♡ 1

100%

Lewis Milestone Director

William Frawley as Brighton

J.M. Kerrigan as Leach

Gary Cooper as O'Hara

Philip Ahn as Oxford

China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum of money to Mr. Wu with the task of buying weapons in Shanghai to help end General Yang's tyranny that keeps an entire province under his ruthless iron boot.

Thoroughly Modern Millie

1967

English

6.9

♡ 8

85%

George Roy Hill Director

James Fox as Jimmy Smith

Mary Tyler Moore as Miss Dorothy Brown

Robert Foulk as Taxi Driver

Philip Ahn as Tea

Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"

China

1943

English

6.6

♡ 5

50%

Drama

War

John Farrow Director

Bess Flowers as Japanese Woman

William Bendix as Johnny Sparrow

Philip Ahn as Lin Cho, First Brother

Victor Sen Yung as Lin Wei, Third Brother

Shortly before Pearl Harbor, American opportunist Jones and partner Johnny are in China to sell oil to the invading Japanese army. Cynical about the sufferings of the Chinese, Jones meets compassionate teacher Carolyn Grant while travelling cross-country to Shanghai. Sparks fly between these strong-willed characters, neither budging an inch. But when Jones witnesses a Japanese atrocity, his feelings toward his customers (and Carolyn) begin to change...

Singapore

1947

English

6.4

♡ 2

14%

John Brahm Director

Philip Ahn as Jimmy - Bartender

Ava Gardner as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden

Roland Culver as Michael Van Leyden

Thomas Gomez as Mr. Mauribus

After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.

The World's Greatest Athlete

1973

English

5.7

♡ 5

33%

Robert Scheerer Director

Leon Askin as Dr. Gottlieb

David Armstrong as Judge

Nancy Walker as Mrs. Petersen

Philip Ahn as Old Chinaman

Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim Conway) answers Archer's prayers when he spots the athletically gifted Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent). Sam counts on Nanu's remarkable abilities to put the team back on the winning track. This upbeat farce boasts an impressive cast of comedians.

Anything Goes

1936

English

6.2

♡ 2

83%

Lewis Milestone Director

Richard Carle as Bishop Dobson

Ida Lupino as Hope Harcourt

Philip Ahn as Ling

Charles Ruggles as Moonface Martin - Rev. Dr. Moon

A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English heiress who ran away from home and is now being returned to England. He also discovers that his boss is on the ship. To avoid discovery, he disguises himself as the gangster accomplice of a minister, who is actually a gangster on the run from the law.

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

1938

English

6.7

♡ 3

50%

H. Bruce Humberstone Director

Eddie Collins as Al Hogan

Richard Alexander as Crewman

Victor Sen Yung as James Chan

Philip Ahn as Wing Foo

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

1955

English

6.4

♡ 7

Henry King Director

James Hong as Fifth Brother

Leonard Strong as Fortune Teller

Keye Luke as Lee Foo

Philip Ahn as Third Uncle

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973

English

5.7

♡ 10

8%

60%

Action

based on novel or book

Hall Bartlett Director

Philip Ahn as Chang

David Ladd as Fletcher Lynd Seagull

Kelly Harmon as Kimmy

Juliet Mills as Marina

Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.