 In 2008, "Flower Drum Song" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".A young woman named Mei Li emigrates from China to Chinatown, San Francisco as an illegal immigrant with her father.After landing, the Lis seek the address of Madam Fong, the mother of Sammy Fong, to whom Mei Li has been promised in an arranged marriage.