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Actress Nancy Kwan reveals her reservations about “Flower Drum Song” role: 'What will the Asians think of this?'

The Chinese-British actress won acclaim for her free-spirited performance in the 1961 film, but worried about how she'd be received by Asian audiences. Flower Drum Song, the 1961 big-screen adaptation ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Patrick Adiarte, Actor in ‘The King and I,’ ‘Flower Drum Song’ and ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 82

A native of the Philippines — he and his family were imprisoned during World War II — he guest-starred on ‘The Brady Bunch’ and, mentored by Gene Kelly, danced on ‘Hullabaloo.’ By Mike Barnes Senior ...
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The First and Only Asian American Hollywood Musical Made A Larger Impact Then You Realize

TanChun is a traveling film director and screenwriter who believes in positive Asian representation in Hollywood. She aspires to create more stories in Western media that give Asian actors a chance to ...
The Garden Island

ISLAND HISTORY: ‘Flower Drum Song’s ’ Harriet Yamasaki, James Shigeta and Ed Kenney Jr.

The splendid Rodgers &Hammerstein musical “Flower Drum Song” was based on Chinese-American author Chin Yang Lee’s 1957 contemporary Asian-American novel “The Flower Drum Song.” Like the Buddha, who ...
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Actor Daniel Dae Kim celebrates the cultural and personal importance of Flower Drum Song

With a career spanning decades, Daniel Dae Kim has made a point of playing multifaceted and stereotype-breaking roles as an actor. Prior to his seven-season portrayal of Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii Five-0 ...