Amsterdam- and Beijing-based Fortissimo Films is to pre-sell Chinese crime drama “Family at large,” kicking off at the Cannes Market.
The film had previously been announced with sales handled jointly by Fortissimo and Rediance. Now, Fortissimo alone is representing rights worldwide, ex-China.
Directed by Kang Bo, the film is set in the chilly far north of the country. A man, nicknamed “Reindeer,”, is released from prison and becomes involved in a child-abduction case across Northeast China. The man, a pregnant young woman and a mute boy wade into the dense forests of the frozen North in search of an abducted child. The film exposes a family-run human trafficking organization and portrays the underworld of the Northern border of China.
The cast is headed by the in-demand Hu Ge “(“The Wild Goose Lake,” Wong Kar-wai’s TV series “Blossoms”), “Angels Wear White” star Wen Qi (aka Vicky Chen), Yan Ni and Song Jia.
The film had previously been announced with sales handled jointly by Fortissimo and Rediance. Now, Fortissimo alone is representing rights worldwide, ex-China.
Directed by Kang Bo, the film is set in the chilly far north of the country. A man, nicknamed “Reindeer,”, is released from prison and becomes involved in a child-abduction case across Northeast China. The man, a pregnant young woman and a mute boy wade into the dense forests of the frozen North in search of an abducted child. The film exposes a family-run human trafficking organization and portrays the underworld of the Northern border of China.
The cast is headed by the in-demand Hu Ge “(“The Wild Goose Lake,” Wong Kar-wai’s TV series “Blossoms”), “Angels Wear White” star Wen Qi (aka Vicky Chen), Yan Ni and Song Jia.
- 5/9/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Director of “Oxhide” I and II, Liu Jiayin, had not shot anything since the latter and 2009, since he spent most of his time as an associate professor of screenwriting at the Beijing Film Academy. It seems that his days there have also given him inspiration, as the story of his newest movie, “All Ears” focuses on a mediocre screenwriter.
All Ears is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The aforementioned character is Wen Shan, who is struggling to make a living in Beijing, as his script writing, and particularly his inefficiency of creating a captivating, full fledged character are causing significant issues for him, while it becomes obvious that the pace of the megalopolis does not suit him exactly. By chance, he ends up writing eulogies, which he does so in the most meticulous fashion, meeting the families of the deceased, observing them carefully, listening to their...
All Ears is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The aforementioned character is Wen Shan, who is struggling to make a living in Beijing, as his script writing, and particularly his inefficiency of creating a captivating, full fledged character are causing significant issues for him, while it becomes obvious that the pace of the megalopolis does not suit him exactly. By chance, he ends up writing eulogies, which he does so in the most meticulous fashion, meeting the families of the deceased, observing them carefully, listening to their...
- 2/17/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
A decade after The Grandmaster, the wait for Wong Kar-wai’s next project has been lengthy, with his long-gestating Blossoms Shanghai first announced nearly five years ago. Now, after three years of filming, the series launches next week on China’s Tencent Video. Comprising 30 episodes of around 50 minutes each, the first four installments premiere on December 27, followed by two episodes per day.
Starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, and Xin Zhilei, Wong Kar-wai is credited as producer and director. The story based on Jin Yucheng’s novel and follows Hu Ge’s A Bao, a businessman in Shanghai in two time periods: the 1960s and 1990s. “Blossoms would be the third part of In the Mood for Love and 2046,” Wong previously said. “Jin Yucheng’s landmark novel Blossoms has been the perfect backdrop to visualize and share my love for my birth city,” said Wong Kar-wai. “With the series,...
Starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, and Xin Zhilei, Wong Kar-wai is credited as producer and director. The story based on Jin Yucheng’s novel and follows Hu Ge’s A Bao, a businessman in Shanghai in two time periods: the 1960s and 1990s. “Blossoms would be the third part of In the Mood for Love and 2046,” Wong previously said. “Jin Yucheng’s landmark novel Blossoms has been the perfect backdrop to visualize and share my love for my birth city,” said Wong Kar-wai. “With the series,...
- 12/17/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Yang Xiaopei came to Cannes this year hoping to alter what she sees as a commonly held perception about what Chinese content creators can offer the global market.
Much has already been made about China’s epics, its tales of high romance and action set in ancient worlds amongst stunning costumes. While the country’s creators are sure to still play to those strengths going forward, Yang is part of a growing generation of studio heads who want to also share stories of contemporary China with the world.
“The diversification and caliber of Chinese series are flourishing,” says Yang, the founder and CEO of the Shanghai-based Xixi Pictures. “Outside of historical dramas, contemporary urban series have surged in popularity in China thanks to their relevance and thematic richness.”
China’s role as the “Country of Honor” at the 39th edition of MIPCOM Cannes has turned the spotlight on how the...
Much has already been made about China’s epics, its tales of high romance and action set in ancient worlds amongst stunning costumes. While the country’s creators are sure to still play to those strengths going forward, Yang is part of a growing generation of studio heads who want to also share stories of contemporary China with the world.
“The diversification and caliber of Chinese series are flourishing,” says Yang, the founder and CEO of the Shanghai-based Xixi Pictures. “Outside of historical dramas, contemporary urban series have surged in popularity in China thanks to their relevance and thematic richness.”
China’s role as the “Country of Honor” at the 39th edition of MIPCOM Cannes has turned the spotlight on how the...
- 10/19/2023
- by Mathew Scott
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Going simply by the awards handed out, the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival delivered on its promise to celebrate the emerging stars of both Asian and Chinese cinema.
There were Golden Goblet wins for established markets Japan and China, and those less known, including Uzbekistan. And there were some scene-stealing emotions shared up on stage at the Shanghai Grand Theater, including the moments when two of China’s biggest stars, Hu Ge and Da Peng, were jointly awarded the festival’s best actor prize and then shared memories of their long-lasting friendship.
Japanese director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri was certainly swept up by the occasion, as China’s major festival event marked a return to normalcy — and a return of international guests — after the travel restrictions and assorted uncertainties of the global pandemic.
Kumakiri’s Yoko picked up the festival’s best feature film, best actress and best screenplay awards in the...
There were Golden Goblet wins for established markets Japan and China, and those less known, including Uzbekistan. And there were some scene-stealing emotions shared up on stage at the Shanghai Grand Theater, including the moments when two of China’s biggest stars, Hu Ge and Da Peng, were jointly awarded the festival’s best actor prize and then shared memories of their long-lasting friendship.
Japanese director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri was certainly swept up by the occasion, as China’s major festival event marked a return to normalcy — and a return of international guests — after the travel restrictions and assorted uncertainties of the global pandemic.
Kumakiri’s Yoko picked up the festival’s best feature film, best actress and best screenplay awards in the...
- 6/25/2023
- by Mathew Scott
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Further winners included Spanish documentary ‘Muyeres’.
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Japanese drama Yoko scored a hat-trick of prizes at the Shanghai International Film Festival’s (Siff) Golden Goblet Awards including best film.
The film’s Japanese lead Rinko Kikuchi was named best actress for her performance of Yoko, a 42-year-old single woman who embarks on long journey to her hometown after the death of her estranged father. The film also won the best screenplay prize.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Kikuchi previously received an Oscar nomination for 2006’s Babel and worked with director Kumakiri on Hole In The Sky...
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Japanese drama Yoko scored a hat-trick of prizes at the Shanghai International Film Festival’s (Siff) Golden Goblet Awards including best film.
The film’s Japanese lead Rinko Kikuchi was named best actress for her performance of Yoko, a 42-year-old single woman who embarks on long journey to her hometown after the death of her estranged father. The film also won the best screenplay prize.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Kikuchi previously received an Oscar nomination for 2006’s Babel and worked with director Kumakiri on Hole In The Sky...
- 6/19/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Further winners included Spanish documentary ‘Muyeres’.
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Japanese drama Yoko scored a hat-trick of prizes at the Shanghai International Film Festival’s (Siff) Golden Goblet Awards including best film.
The film’s Japanese lead Rinko Kikuchi was named best actress for her performance of Yoko, a 42-year-old single woman who embarks on long journey to her hometown after the death of her estranged father. The film also won the best screenplay prize.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Kikuchi previously received an Oscar nomination for 2006’s Babel and worked with director Kumakiri on Hole In The Sky...
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Japanese drama Yoko scored a hat-trick of prizes at the Shanghai International Film Festival’s (Siff) Golden Goblet Awards including best film.
The film’s Japanese lead Rinko Kikuchi was named best actress for her performance of Yoko, a 42-year-old single woman who embarks on long journey to her hometown after the death of her estranged father. The film also won the best screenplay prize.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Kikuchi previously received an Oscar nomination for 2006’s Babel and worked with director Kumakiri on Hole In The Sky...
- 6/19/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Japanese drama feature “Yoko” won the Golden Goblet best picture award at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
The jury Grand Prix was awarded to Spain’s “Muyeres” with China’s Liu Jin winning the best director prize. The trio also collected additional prizes making them the only multiple winners in a ceremony that sprinkled its awards widely.
“Yoko,” directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, who earlier this year saw melodramatic “#Manhole” play in Berlin, takes the structure of a road-movie and is a journey of self-discovery of a woman who had been socially isolated in her apartment for many years. Portrayed by global star Rinko Kikuchi, the woman is forced to confront the real world, and herself, when she takes a 658 kilometre cross-country journey to her father’s funeral. Without a cell phone or the money for public transport, she finds herself having to hitch hike. Kikuchi also earned the best actress award.
The jury Grand Prix was awarded to Spain’s “Muyeres” with China’s Liu Jin winning the best director prize. The trio also collected additional prizes making them the only multiple winners in a ceremony that sprinkled its awards widely.
“Yoko,” directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, who earlier this year saw melodramatic “#Manhole” play in Berlin, takes the structure of a road-movie and is a journey of self-discovery of a woman who had been socially isolated in her apartment for many years. Portrayed by global star Rinko Kikuchi, the woman is forced to confront the real world, and herself, when she takes a 658 kilometre cross-country journey to her father’s funeral. Without a cell phone or the money for public transport, she finds herself having to hitch hike. Kikuchi also earned the best actress award.
- 6/18/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The 25th Shanghai International Film Festival has given the world a fresh insight into the trends and the talents that are emerging in the Chinese film industry as it gets fully back to business after three years of pandemic-enforced restrictions on access.
Organizers have reported mostly sold-out screenings as China’s movie lovers return en masse to cinemas, and visiting filmmakers have found them fully engaged in post-screening Q&As and the assorted masterclasses the festival has hosted.
The curtain officially comes down on Sunday — after Siff will have screened around 450 films — and The Hollywood Reporter has selected three Chinese films from three Chinese filmmakers that we expect you’ll be hearing more about in the future.
All Ears, directed by Liu Jiayin
Writer-director Liu Jiayin established herself as one of the most exciting and unique talents to emerge from China in the 2000s — and then duly disappeared into academia.
Organizers have reported mostly sold-out screenings as China’s movie lovers return en masse to cinemas, and visiting filmmakers have found them fully engaged in post-screening Q&As and the assorted masterclasses the festival has hosted.
The curtain officially comes down on Sunday — after Siff will have screened around 450 films — and The Hollywood Reporter has selected three Chinese films from three Chinese filmmakers that we expect you’ll be hearing more about in the future.
All Ears, directed by Liu Jiayin
Writer-director Liu Jiayin established herself as one of the most exciting and unique talents to emerge from China in the 2000s — and then duly disappeared into academia.
- 6/17/2023
- by Mathew Scott
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 25th edition marks a return in-person after being cancelled last year.
Han Yan’s Love Never Ends is set to open the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff), which has also revealed the nominations for its Golden Goblet Awards.
The romance drama is adapted from a cartoon of the same name created by Kang Full. Ni Dahong, Kara Wai, Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Cecilia Yip play two elderly couples who show it is never too late to love.
Director Han previously directed 2015’s Go Away Mr. Tumor and 2020’s A Little Red Flower. Love Never Ends is set for...
Han Yan’s Love Never Ends is set to open the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff), which has also revealed the nominations for its Golden Goblet Awards.
The romance drama is adapted from a cartoon of the same name created by Kang Full. Ni Dahong, Kara Wai, Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Cecilia Yip play two elderly couples who show it is never too late to love.
Director Han previously directed 2015’s Go Away Mr. Tumor and 2020’s A Little Red Flower. Love Never Ends is set for...
- 5/30/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Kang Bo’s neo-noir film centres on the world of human trafficking in China.
Beijing-based Fortissimo Films and Rediance are launching Kang Bo’s Chinese-language neo-noir Family At Large at the Cannes market, marking their first international sales collaboration.
Starring Hu Ge of The Wild Goose Lake and Wen Qi from Angels Wear White, the film depicts the little-known world of human trafficking in China while also exploring the concept of family. It marks Kang’s debut narrative feature and is produced by Hehe Pictures.
The story follows an estranged father, nicknamed Reindeer, who is involved in a gruelling human...
Beijing-based Fortissimo Films and Rediance are launching Kang Bo’s Chinese-language neo-noir Family At Large at the Cannes market, marking their first international sales collaboration.
Starring Hu Ge of The Wild Goose Lake and Wen Qi from Angels Wear White, the film depicts the little-known world of human trafficking in China while also exploring the concept of family. It marks Kang’s debut narrative feature and is produced by Hehe Pictures.
The story follows an estranged father, nicknamed Reindeer, who is involved in a gruelling human...
- 5/20/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Drama stars Hu Ge, from Diao Yinan’s 2019 Cannes Competition title ’The Wild Goose Lake’.
Beijing-based Rediance has acquired worldwide rights to Chinese director Liu Jiayin’s All Ears, a drama starring Hu Ge and executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Cao Baoping.
Rediance will launch sales on the feature at the European Film Market (EFM) this week.
Hu, from Diao Yinan’s 2019 Cannes Competition title The Wild Goose Lake, plays a mediocre screenwriter who turns to writing eulogies to make ends meet. As he listens to the life stories of the ordinary deceased people from their families, he finds a new footing in life.
Beijing-based Rediance has acquired worldwide rights to Chinese director Liu Jiayin’s All Ears, a drama starring Hu Ge and executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Cao Baoping.
Rediance will launch sales on the feature at the European Film Market (EFM) this week.
Hu, from Diao Yinan’s 2019 Cannes Competition title The Wild Goose Lake, plays a mediocre screenwriter who turns to writing eulogies to make ends meet. As he listens to the life stories of the ordinary deceased people from their families, he finds a new footing in life.
- 2/16/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSNighthawks.Buenos Aires—1970s Los Angeles—outer space—all of these destinations are contained in Issue 2 of the Notebook print magazine, which will ship out at the end of January. Click here to learn more and subscribe.If you read this New York Times profile of Jennifer Lawrence carefully, you’ll find that she is planning a project with Lynne Ramsay—an adaptation of Ariana Harwicz’s Die, My Love. In a follow-up tweet, Kyle Buchanan added that Martin Scorsese will produce.X Crucior is the heavy-metal name of the next film project written by Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks—a musical, of course, continuing their momentum with Annette (2021). No director is attached yet, but if it's not too much to ask, a reunion with Guy Maddin would be fun.According to The Times,...
- 11/9/2022
- MUBI
Blossoms Shanghai Trailer 2 — Tencent Pictures has released the second international movie trailer and web series trailer for Blossoms Shanghai (2023). Crew Wong Kar-Wai‘s Blossoms Shanghai stars Hu Ge, Kris Wu, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, and Xin Zhilei. Name wrote the screenplay for Blossoms Shanghai. Name created the music for the film. Name crafted [...]
Continue reading: Blossoms Shanghai (2023) Movie Trailer 2: A Self-made Millionaire Tries to Reinvent Himself in Tencent Pictures’ Drama...
Continue reading: Blossoms Shanghai (2023) Movie Trailer 2: A Self-made Millionaire Tries to Reinvent Himself in Tencent Pictures’ Drama...
- 11/5/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Come back to cinema, Wkw! Tencent Pictures is China has debuted yet another new promo trailer for a web series + feature film project called Blossoms Shanghai, also known as only Blossoms (繁花) for China. This has been in the works for years and years. We featured a different trailer for this last year already, but it still hasn't been released yet. It's all rather vague. This is an adaptation of a 2012 novel of the same name from Jin Yucheng, telling the story of a young entrepreneur named Mr. Bao as he seeks wealth, status and romance set against a backdrop of China's 1990s economic boom. The story of a "self-made millionaire" in Shanghai during the 1990s, a young opportunist with a troubled past. Wong has said it is a "deeply personal venture as a return to his hometown of Shanghai," and he has been working on its script and development for five years.
- 11/3/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A decade after The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-wai is finally returning next year with his long-gestating new project Blossoms Shanghai. First produced as a TV series, with a movie version also in the works, the drama stars Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, and Xin Zhilei. Ahead of a 2023 release in China, a new trailer has now arrived.
Based on Jin Yucheng’s novel, the story of Blossoms follows three Shanghai residents from the early ’60s, at the end of China’s Cultural Revolution, and through the ’90s. “Blossoms would be the third part of In the Mood for Love and 2046,” the director previously said. The drama is written by award-winning Shanghainese screenwriter Qin Wen, and features visual supervision from Academy Award-winning cinematographer Peter Pau.
“Jin Yucheng’s landmark novel Blossoms has been the perfect backdrop to visualize and share my love for my birth city,” said Wong Kar-wai. “With the series,...
Based on Jin Yucheng’s novel, the story of Blossoms follows three Shanghai residents from the early ’60s, at the end of China’s Cultural Revolution, and through the ’90s. “Blossoms would be the third part of In the Mood for Love and 2046,” the director previously said. The drama is written by award-winning Shanghainese screenwriter Qin Wen, and features visual supervision from Academy Award-winning cinematographer Peter Pau.
“Jin Yucheng’s landmark novel Blossoms has been the perfect backdrop to visualize and share my love for my birth city,” said Wong Kar-wai. “With the series,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai has set an adaptation of Jin Yucheng’s novel Blossoms as his first series project.
Created and produced by Wong, Blossoms Shanghai will be an homage to his birthplace, Shanghai, by exploring its massive economic growth in the 1990s. It follows a self-made millionaire, Mr Bao, and his journey of reinvention from a young opportunist with a troubled past to the heights of the gilded city.
The Wild Goose Lake actor Hu Ge will star in the series, which is written by Qin Wen. Wong will also direct the pilot episode. The project will shoot in Shanghai. Producers are Wong’s Jet Tone. Tencent Penguin Pictures has acquired the rights for China. Block 2 Distribution is handling international sales.
“Jin Yucheng’s landmark novel Blossoms has been the perfect backdrop to visualize and share my love for my birth city,” said Wong Kar Wai. “With the series,...
Created and produced by Wong, Blossoms Shanghai will be an homage to his birthplace, Shanghai, by exploring its massive economic growth in the 1990s. It follows a self-made millionaire, Mr Bao, and his journey of reinvention from a young opportunist with a troubled past to the heights of the gilded city.
The Wild Goose Lake actor Hu Ge will star in the series, which is written by Qin Wen. Wong will also direct the pilot episode. The project will shoot in Shanghai. Producers are Wong’s Jet Tone. Tencent Penguin Pictures has acquired the rights for China. Block 2 Distribution is handling international sales.
“Jin Yucheng’s landmark novel Blossoms has been the perfect backdrop to visualize and share my love for my birth city,” said Wong Kar Wai. “With the series,...
- 8/3/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Hu Ge to star in adaptation of Jin Yucheng’s award-winning novel.
Wong Kar Wai has confirmed that he is creating and producing a TV series, Blossoms Shanghai, based on the award-winning novel Blossoms by Jin Yucheng.
Filmed entirely in Shanghai, where the Hong Kong-based auteur was born, the series is written by award-winning Shanghainese screenwriter, Qin Wen, with cinematographer Peter Pau on board for “visual supervision” and Hu Ge (The Wild Goose Lake) set to star. Wong Kar Wai will direct the first episode.
Wong War Wai’s Jet Tone is producing with sister company Block 2 Distribution handling international sales.
Wong Kar Wai has confirmed that he is creating and producing a TV series, Blossoms Shanghai, based on the award-winning novel Blossoms by Jin Yucheng.
Filmed entirely in Shanghai, where the Hong Kong-based auteur was born, the series is written by award-winning Shanghainese screenwriter, Qin Wen, with cinematographer Peter Pau on board for “visual supervision” and Hu Ge (The Wild Goose Lake) set to star. Wong Kar Wai will direct the first episode.
Wong War Wai’s Jet Tone is producing with sister company Block 2 Distribution handling international sales.
- 8/3/2020
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Diao Yi'nan's The Wild Goose Lake is being shown exclusively on Mubi from February 28 - March 28, 2020 in the United Kingdom in the series The New Auteurs.Illustration by Alix Pentecost FarrenEarly into Diao Yi’nan’s The Wild Goose Lake, Fan Liao’s Captain Liu stands before a group of plainclothes cops and a half-charted map. Liu and fellow officers are hunting down a gangster by the name of Zhou (Ge Hu), and the map shows his last known whereabouts: a town in southern China nestled along the Wild Goose Lake. Many of the cops aren’t locals, so the briefing doubles as a warning against the thug and one against the place itself. “Be well aware of the complexity of the lake area,” Liu says of the alien turf: “it’s a lawless place that no-one really controls.” In the sinisterly seductive world of Diao’s fourth feature, the...
- 2/29/2020
- MUBI
The Wild Goose Lake will screen at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar) Saturday, Nov 9 at 9:45pm and Monday, Nov 11 at 9:25pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival.Ticket information can be found Here and Here
Fleeing from the law and seeking redemption, gangster Zenong Zhou (Ge Hu) crosses paths with innocent-looking Aiai Liu (Lun-Mei Kwei), a girl with a secret who is risking everything to gain her freedom. As they are hunted on the shores of the Wild Goose Lake, Zhou must decide what he is willing to sacrifice both for this stranger and for the family he left behind. When the film debuted at Cannes this year, even Quentin Tarantineo queued up. The La Times writes: “It’s not often that you see a Cannes auteur checking out the competition. But Tarantino was clearly as eager as anyone to see ‘The Wild Goose Lake,...
Fleeing from the law and seeking redemption, gangster Zenong Zhou (Ge Hu) crosses paths with innocent-looking Aiai Liu (Lun-Mei Kwei), a girl with a secret who is risking everything to gain her freedom. As they are hunted on the shores of the Wild Goose Lake, Zhou must decide what he is willing to sacrifice both for this stranger and for the family he left behind. When the film debuted at Cannes this year, even Quentin Tarantineo queued up. The La Times writes: “It’s not often that you see a Cannes auteur checking out the competition. But Tarantino was clearly as eager as anyone to see ‘The Wild Goose Lake,...
- 11/7/2019
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Is it just us or is there a hell of a lot of Assassins around these days? Originally know as ‘The Butterfly Lovers’ Jingle Ma’s 2008 martial arts love tryst of an action flick has been butched up, and is set for a U.S bow on U.S DVD with the far “manlier” title....The Assassins Blade. The celebrated cast includes Charlene Choi, Chun Wu, Ge Hu and Siu-Wong Fan and it goes on sale May 7th. Synopsis: Based upon a famous Chinese legend, Blade tells the story of Zhu Yanzhi (Charlene Choi), who chooses to disguise her female identity in order to be accepted into the country’s most prestigious male-only martial arts academy, where she immediately finds herself at odds with her superior, Liang (Chun Wu). But soon, a stronger connection develops between the two, and as their attraction grows, so does the danger of Liang discovering Zhu’s gender.
- 3/20/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
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