Lydia Tanji

Movies

The Massie Affair
Costume Design
A documentary about an important rape case in 1930 Hawaii
The Joy Luck Club
Costume Design
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
The Player
Costume Supervisor
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Costume Design
San Francisco's Richmond District. A widow welcomes the Chinese New Year. 62 years old, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors. A fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried. Geraldine's boyfriend lives in Los Angeles and she's not sure she's ready for marriage, nor does she want to leave her mother alone in her declining years. Mrs. Tan's cheerful brother-in-law, Uncle Tam, tries to help out.
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Set Decoration
San Francisco's Richmond District. A widow welcomes the Chinese New Year. 62 years old, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors. A fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried. Geraldine's boyfriend lives in Los Angeles and she's not sure she's ready for marriage, nor does she want to leave her mother alone in her declining years. Mrs. Tan's cheerful brother-in-law, Uncle Tam, tries to help out.