Rice Girl

Jul 23, 2014

1h 35m

★ 1.0

For Windy Yee, a big break in Hollywood can mean big trouble

Overview

To land a role in the movie Hooker X, Asian American actress Windy (Cheryl Ling) researches what life is like as a prostitute. After being mistaken for a real call girl by undercover cops, Windy runs into trouble with a group of thugs and a huge wrestler. Poking fun at the entertainment industry as well as Asian stereotypes, this independent comedy co-stars Pat Morita, Martin Kove and Dean Haglund.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Alpha-O Production

Rice Girl Productions LLC

Rice Girl Trailers

Cast

Peter Ong

Pat Morita

Captain Ron Williams

Martin Kove

Detective Tom Monk

Ian Lithgow

Director Martini

Dean Haglund

Windy Yee

Cat Ling

Alan

Joe Estevez

Rahbu Fahbu

Fred Toma

Eddie the Goldfish

Bryan Frank

Detective Andy Jensen

Andy Gätjen

Jaundra Rolle

Jacqueline Jetter

Jim Robinson

Clive Pearson

Wayne the Sheriff

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