Jian-Wa Chang (Russell Wong) was a muscular but thoughtful student and musician, skilled in the martial arts, who had fled Beijing for America with his hot-headed younger brother, Wago (Chi Muoi Lo), when they became involved in a demonstration against the Chinese government.
Wago fell in with a gang, and when Jian-Wa tried to get him out, Wago and two federal agents were murdered.
Jian-Wa was framed for the killings by “The General” (Haing S. Ngor), a Vietnamese expatriate making millions in the US while serving as an informant for the government.
Dan Sandler (Jason Leland Adams), the immediate superior of the murdered federal agents, was sure Jian-Wa was the culprit and was chasing him to bring him to justice.
Agent Judith Phillips (Stephanie Niznik), the newest member of Sandler’s team, had doubts about Jian-Wa’s guilt and was more willing to look for possible proof of his innocence than her aggressive boss.
In an amalgam of The Fugitive and the Kung Fu series, Jian-Wa travelled from place to place, helping people in trouble (often employing his martial arts skills) and trying to find proof of his innocence while avoiding capture by the Feds.
The spirit of his dead brother, Wago, showed up when he needed his help.
Each episode opened and closed with Jian-Wa as the narrator, providing philosophical observations about life and people as they related to the episode’s storyline.
Several Vanishing Son TV movies aired in 1994, and this weekly series aired early the following year.
Jian-Wa Chang
Russell Wong Agent Dan Sandler
Jason Leland Adams Agent Judith Phillips
Stephanie Niznik Wago Chang
Chi Muoi Lo The General
Haing S. Ngor
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Agent Judith Phillips (Stephanie Niznik), the newest member of Sandler’s team, had doubts about Jian-Wa’s guilt and was more willing to look for possible proof of his innocence than her aggressive boss.
