Director: Kelvin Yu
High school politics and ancient Chinese mythology collide in American Born Chinese, a 2023 coming-of-age adventure built around one ordinary teenager's extraordinary week.
What is American Born Chinese about?
Jin Wang just wants to fit in — juggling homework, a crush, and the daily balancing act of two cultures at home and at school. That routine unravels the moment a new classmate arrives from abroad, dragging with him a much older conflict: a rivalry among figures from Chinese myth that has spilled into the human world. Jin, without asking for it, becomes the hinge on which this larger battle turns, forced to decide how much of the fantastical he can accept while still surviving eleventh grade.
Cast & crew
Ben Wang anchors the series as Jin, supported by Yeo Yann Yann and Chin Han as his parents navigating their own immigrant story. Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan add further weight to the ensemble, alongside Daniel Wu, Jimmy Liu, and Sydney Taylor, rounding out a cast that moves fluidly between suburban realism and mythic spectacle.
Context & significance
Adapted from Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel of the same name, the show was developed for television by Kelvin Yu and carries the genre-blending sensibility that made the source material a landmark in young-adult comics. Its eight episodes run about forty minutes each, mixing high-school comedy with wire-fu action sequences drawn from Chinese folklore, and the 2023 season holds an IMDb rating of 7.0.
Where & how to watch
The series streams on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so viewers can follow Jin's story in Farsi or with the original English soundtrack. Watching requires a free K-Time account login; the film page itself, including this overview, stays open to everyone. K-Time's Farsi interface is built for the Iranian diaspora, letting subtitles, dub tracks, and menus feel native rather than bolted on.