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Golden Gate Girl, also known as Tears in San Francisco or Jinmen Nü is a Hong Kong drama film made in San Francisco in 1941, directed by Esther Eng and veteran filmmaker Kwan Man Ching, the film was released in San Francisco but wasn't shown in Asia until 1946. The film is notable as it marked the film debut of Bruce Lee, just an infant at the time.[1]

Golden Gate Girl
Traditional	金門女
Simplified	金门女
Mandarin	Jīn Mén Nǔ
Cantonese	Gam1 Mun4 Neoi2
Directed by	Esther Eng, Kwan Man Ching
Written by	Kwan Man Ching
Produced by	Charlie Low
Starring	Wong Hok Sing, Bruce Lee, Tso Yee Man
Cinematography	J. Sunn
Edited by	Kwan Man Ching
Production company	Grandview Film Company
Release date	27 May 1941 (1941-05-27)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

It tells of a widower (Moon Kwan) who is concerned that his daughter, Chain-ying (Tso Yee-man), spends too much time at the theater. When she falls in love with Wong, one of the company's leading actors, the enraged widower forces the theater to close its contract with Wong, resulting in the actor's deportation to China. But Chain-ying is already pregnant and dies after giving birth to a baby girl (played by Bruce Lee- then aged three months). The widower's former employees look after the baby, who, like her mother, grows up (Tso Yee-man again) with a passion for the theater. After a series of complications, tears, and comic moments, she is eventually reunited with her father, Wong, when he visits the United States to perform in a national defense play (to aid China then at war), and they are finally reconciled with her aging, remorseful maternal grandfather.[2]

Stories about the making of Golden Gate Girl is reflected in a 2014 feature documentary titled Golden Gate Girls directed by S. Louisa Wei, who constructed the story around the life and time of woman film pioneer Esther Eng.[3]

Cast

• Nom Liu
• Kwan Man Ching
• Fee Luk Won
• Wong Hok Sing
• Man Tso Yee
• Bruce Lee

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