
The intertwined lives of two kindred souls with ambition begins when Captain Whip Hoxworth discovers that Nyuk Tsin has been smuggled aboard as part of cargo on The Carthaginian, which he captains, a cargo supposed to consist of only male Chinese workers bound for Hawaii. Nyuk Tsin was kidnapped from her Haaka village to be sold to a Honolulu brothel. She is spared when Mun Ki claims she is his wife, and Hoxworth goes along with his wife's suggestion that they can work in the... (Full plot summary below)
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The intertwined lives of two kindred souls with ambition begins when Captain Whip Hoxworth discovers that Nyuk Tsin has been smuggled aboard as part of cargo on The Carthaginian, which he captains, a cargo supposed to consist of only male Chinese workers bound for Hawaii. Nyuk Tsin was kidnapped from her Haaka village to be sold to a Honolulu brothel. She is spared when Mun Ki claims she is his wife, and Hoxworth goes along with his wife's suggestion that they can work in the Hoxworth household as domestic servants. Nyuk Tsin becomes known to all as Wu Chow's Auntie (Aunt of Five Continents) when her five sons are named after continents (with Mun Ki's wife in China regarded as their official mother). Whip founds an empire in pineapples, using Japanese laborers, after smuggling his first seed crop from French Guiana as Wu Chow's Auntie grows a family business in Honolulu around her sons.
Leave your thoughts about The Hawaiians.
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonWhile 1966's Hawaii is generally considered superior to this follow-up, I find them to be of comparable interest. |
| The Retro SetNathanael HoodThe plot begins with a jolt and ends with a sudden slam on the brakes; it feels like just one chapter in a much larger story. |
| User ReviewNAOMI BA light treatment of the history, but added to other treatments, a picture worth watching. |
| User ReviewJeff GA moving story of love, success, and capitalism in the face of adversity. Imperialism and oppression is part of the adversity. |
| User ReviewMatt MA lot of bare breasts for a PG movie. Not that I'm complaining... |
| User ReviewElisa (Lisa) BThere was barely any Hawaiians in it! Wrong Title for the Movie but other than that I liked it |