Daniel Dae Kim, known for his diverse acting roles and advocacy for inclusivity, revealed the impact of a 1961 musical film on his life that he says is “unapologetically Asian.” What’s the movie?: The decades-old musical comedy film is Henry Koster’s “Flower Drum Song." It is an adaptation of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical of the same name, which was based on the 1957 novel by Chinese American author Chin Yang Lee.