China The Search for General Tso is a China–Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.
China × Taiwan Co-Production
Other China×Taiwan titles
The 2013–2015 China Window
The Search for General Tso holds position #42 of 107 China films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Search for General Tso premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other China films in 2014.
The 347th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
49 audience reviews — more than 64% of China films in our index.
Review volume (64th percentile) outruns trending popularity (15th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #554 of 946 China films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China Documentary productions specifically: #44 of 52 (top 85%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Taiwan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Sundance Selects, Wicked Delicate Films |
| Runtime | 1h 11m |
| Release Date | April 20, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3576038 |
| Official Site | www.thesearchforgeneraltso.com |