Contrary to popular belief, this is NOT the "first" Western-produced major studio film with an extensive East Asian cast since Il circolo della fortuna e della felicità (1993). Other major studio backed, North American releases featuring an extensive East Asian cast as leads include: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) released just two years earlier, Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014), Harold & Kumar, un Natale da ricordare (2011), Lettere da Iwo Jima (2006), Memorie di una geisha (2005), Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) and Terremoto nel Bronx (1995) to name a few. Even Mulan (1998) was significant. (This misnomer also neglects to recognize movies and animation extensively featuring Pacific Islanders and East Indians produced in America by major film studios such as Life of Pi (2012), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Moana (2016), and excluding L'ultimo samurai (2003), which featured a majority East Asian cast but with a white male lead.) It also fails to note relevant cinema produced overseas that feature Asians in America such as Ang Lee's Il banchetto di nozze (1993) and many others. Truer portrayals of actual real live Asian Americans, who are more remarkable than typical, can also be found in recent non-fictional documentaries such as Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016), Tyrus (2015), Linsanity (2013), and many more.

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