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Flower Drum Song : The Li's Arrival in San Francisco

Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) and her Father, Dr. Han Li (Kam Tong), arrive in San Franciso after illegally entering the country by boat.

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Film Language

beat, event, beat, general, close-up, dissolve, ellipsis, establishing shot, extreme long shot, framing, full shot, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, symphonic underscore, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Asian: East Asian, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, Migrant

"The Li's Arrival in San Francisco" in Flower Drum Song. Directed by Henry Koster, Universal Pictures, 1961, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2592

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