Tsai Chin
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Shanghai, China
Chinese actress Tsai Chin appeared in a number of exotic roles in European and British films of the 1960s. She co-starred as the seductive Lin Tang in Christopher Lee's quartet of "Fu Manchu" pictures in the 1960s. Other films included the pretty good sci-fier Invasion (1966) and the pretty bad detective spoof Rentadick (1972). Tsai Chin's most conspicuous role was as the Chinese girl to whom James Bond (Sean Connery) is making love when he is "murdered" at the very beginning of You Only Live Twice (1967).
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% | Lucky Grandma |
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— | 2020 |
| 82% | Abominable |
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— | 2019 |
| 33% | Now You See Me 2 |
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$65.1M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | She Lights Up Well |
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— | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior 2 |
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— | 2009 |
| 100% | Hollywood Chinese |
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— | 2008 |
| 58% | Year of the Fish |
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— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior |
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— | 2006 |
| 35% | Memoirs of a Geisha |
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$57M | 2005 |
| 57% | The Interpreter |
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$72.6M | 2005 |
| 29% | Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity |
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— | 2004 |
| 17% | The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer |
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— | 2003 |
| 50% | Titan A.E. |
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— | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Journey From the Heart |
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— | 1999 |
| 30% | Red Corner |
|
— | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The West Side Waltz |
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— | 1995 |
| 86% | The Joy Luck Club |
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— | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Love Unto Waste (Dei ha ching) |
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— | 1986 |
| 100% | Taipei Story (Qing mei zhu ma) |
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— | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | Enter the Panther |
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— | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | The Castle of Fu Manchu |
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— | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | The Virgin Soldiers |
|
— | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | Kiss and Kill |
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— | 1968 |
| 73% | You Only Live Twice |
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— | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu |
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— | 1967 |
| 88% | Blow-Up |
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— | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | The Brides of Fu Manchu |
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— | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | Invasion |
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— | 1966 |
| 80% | The Face of Fu Manchu |
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— | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | The Cool Mikado |
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— | 1963 |
| 100% | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness |
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— | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | Violent Playground |
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— | 1958 |
TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94% |
Royal Pains
2009-2016
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| No Score Yet |
American Masters
2001
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| 84% |
Grey's Anatomy
2005
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| 45% |
The Evidence
2006
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| No Score Yet |
Due South
1994-1998
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Quotes from Tsai Chin's Characters
| Mother: | Dr. Muri is very expensive. You seem to be racking up quite a debt. Huh? Kimono destroyed, geisha school, rice and pickle, train ticket, Mr. Bekku. All this on top of the money I paid to Mr. Tanaka. And for what? And now I hear that your sister has run away. She didn't wait for you. And now she can never come back. You must forget that you ever had a sister. Hmm? [grabs a small package and gives it to Chiyo] We are you only family now. |
| Auntie: | [Chiyo opens it and pauses. Auntie grabs it and reads] "Dear Satsu and little Chiyo, As one who was once an orphan child myself," this humble person is sorry to inform you that "six weeks after you left for you new life in Miyako, the suffering of you honor mother came to an end. And only a few weeks afterwards, your honor father departed this world as well." This humble person is "confident, both your honor parents have found their place in paradise...[reading drifts out] |
| Auntie: | [Chiyo opens it and pauses. Auntie grabs it and reads] 'Dear Satsu and little Chiyo, As one who was once an orphan child myself,' this humble person is sorry to inform you that "six weeks after you left for you new life in Miyako, the suffering of you honor mother came to an end. And only a few weeks afterwards, your honor father departed this world as well. 'This humble person is 'confident, both your honor parents have found their place in paradise...[reading drifts out] |