TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
KA SHEN'S JOURNEY
A film by Brian Jamieson
From
Redwind Productions Inc.
(Anticipated release date early 2010)
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey is the definitive and true life story of Nancy Kwan who as a young Eurasian girl from Hong Kong captured the hearts and minds of cinemagoers around the world in her stunning motion picture debut role in The World of Suzie Wong (1960). In the unforgettable follow up role as Linda Low in the all Asian, Rodgers & Hammerstein Hollywood hit musical, Flower Drum Song (1961), her career would reach previously unattainable heights.
With just two pictures in two years, Nancy Kwan would become one of the most sought after young stars in Hollywood. But the motion pictures that would follow would never again mirror that initial success.
This feature documentary "real life drama" explores "what happened" to such a promising career as it takes its audience on a personal journey, a woman's journey, which is as equally compelling as it is inspiring. Nancy Kwan's story is both fairytale and poignant. It is a story of "art imitating life" and "life imitating art" as with the character she so aptly portrays in the film, The World of Suzie Wong she loses her only child. However in real life this same tragedy would occur, and her life would be forever changed by this circumstance.
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey also addresses the stereotypical struggle of Asian actors with Hollywood, and fully explores the highs and lows of a chosen career, but the heart and soul of Ka Shen's Journey is the telling of Nancy Kwan's personal and spiritual journey as she endures the worst tragedy of all the-- loss of an only child under the most tragic circumstances imaginable.
The film features Joan Chen, France Nuyen, Vivian Wu, and Sandra Allen together with a host of family and friends of Nancy Kwan.