1 / 4
ERA
Did you know
Released last year.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Yellow Face
2025 1h 45m EN
👍
7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 1
Comedy
Synopsis
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Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical “Miss Saigon” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Daniel Dae Kim
DHH
Kevin Del Aguila
Actor A
Ryan Eggold
Marcus
Francis Jue
HYH & Others
Marinda Anderson
Actor B
Greg Keller
Reporter
Shannon Tyo
Leah & Others
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Leigh Silverman
- Writers
- David Henry Hwang
- Languages
- English
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Fun facts 🍿
2 / 4
CRAFT
Did you know
Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
3 / 4
ERA
Did you know
Daniel Dae Kim and Kevin Del Aguila and Ryan Eggold carry the top of the cast.
MoodPlayr · trivia#03
4 / 4
WILD
Did you know
Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Leigh Silverman directs. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released last year.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Daniel Dae Kim and Kevin Del Aguila and Ryan Eggold carry the top of the cast.
- 4Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Costume design
- Anita Yavich
- Makeup / hair
- Will Vicari
- Sound
- Caroline Eng
- Runtime
- 105 min · 1h 45m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- NR
Also by
Leigh Silverman
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
PBS
US
Key crew
- Set DesignerArnulfo Maldonado
- Costume DesignAnita Yavich
- Lighting DesignLap Chi Chu
- Lighting DesignYee Eun Nam
- Sound DesignerCaroline Eng
- Sound DesignerKate Marvin
- Hair DesignerWill Vicari
- Makeup DesignerWill Vicari
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- memoir
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2025-05-16NR
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