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'The Joy Luck Club' cast reunites 30 years later to recreate iconic photo

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Our favorite Ming-Na Wen moments for her birthday
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ByCarson Blackwelder
December 21, 2023, 6:51 PM

The cast of "The Joy Luck Club" reunited to recreate an iconic photo 30 years after the film's release.

Ming-Na Wen took to Instagram this week to share a video of her and former castmates Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom and Rosalind Chao posing together in the same way they did for a snapshot for the 1993 landmark film.

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"Kicking off the holidays with my #JoyLuckClub sisters!" the "Mulan" voice actress captioned the clip. "Happy Holidays!!💚❤️💚#FriendsForever."

Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Ming-Na Wen, and Lauren Tom in "The Joy Luck Club," 1993.
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Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Ming-Na Wen, and Lauren Tom recreate their recreate the photo from "The Joy Luck Club" 30 years later in a video posted to Instagram, Dec. 19, 2023.
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The foursome reunited earlier this year to celebrate Wen receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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