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Prince of Tears
tells a sad story set in the 1950's Taiwan, which was haunted by
White Terror.
The film is jointly produced by Hong Kong and Taiwan, and has been
released in Hong Kong on October 22.
Other new releases:
China:
Knowing
(USA / UK)
This Is It
(USA)
Hong Kong:
Jennifer's Body
(USA)
Looking for Eric
(UK / France /
Italy / Belgium / Spain)
My Girlfriend is an Agent
(South Korea)
SAW VI
(Canada / USA /
UK / Australia)
This Is It
(USA)
Taiwan:
City of Life and Death
(China / Hong
Kong)
Old Fish
(China)
Plastic City
(Brazil / China /
Hong Kong / Japan)
Vengeance
(Hong Kong /
France)
The Devil's Tomb
(USA)
Fuera de Carta
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Chef's Special
(Spain)
L'uomo Che Ama
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The Man Who Loves
(Italy)
SAW VI
(Canada / USA /
UK / Australia)
The Song of Sparrows
(Iran)
This Is It
(USA)
Click here for more |
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Zhang Yimou's AMAZING TALES: THREE GUNS
International Trailer
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From the Set of IP MAN 2 - Sammo Hung vs. Donnie Yen + Yen Said
IP MAN 3 Not Likely and He Will not Retire at 50
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(Images: Mandarin Films, Henan Film & TV
Production Group Corporation Ltd., Beijing ShengShi HuaRui Film
Investment & Management Co., Ltd., Foshan Media Group, Desen
International Media Co., Ltd., Donloard Skykee Movie Investment,
Dong Yang Teng Yuan Film, TV and Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Bai Run
Xing He Entertainment Media Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Hai Gu Chi
Investment Co., Ltd.)
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Filming of
Ip Man 2 is currently under way in
Shanghai. Yesterday the set was open to the press for a day.
At the
end of the first installment of the Ip Man series, Ip Man defeated
the Japanese general and narrowly escaped to Hong Kong with his
family.
In the
beginning of the sequel, the story will focus on how he settle the
difference between his Wing Chun and another house of martial-art,
Hung.
What
reporters witnessed is a scene, in which Ip Man (Donnie Yen) making
an unexpected visit to the house of Hung and having a showdown with
the grand master of Hung (Sammo Hung). Yen and Hung already had an
on screen fight in S. P. L.. Both the
Ip Man
series and
S. P. L.
are directed by Wilson Yip.
The
sequel will be made with the original crew, including director
Wilson Yip, writer Edmond Wong and action director Sammo Hung.
Donnie
Yen returns as Ip Man, alone with Xiong Dailin as his wife, Fan
Siu-Wong as master Jin Shan Zhao (Ip's rival in the first film and
friend in the second), Simon Yam as Ip's best friend Zhou Qingquan,
Lam Ka-Tung as ex-policeman Li Zhao, Lynn Hung as Zhang Yongcheng.
New
cast member includes Sammo Hung playing the grandmaster of Hung, and
three actors from the mainland China, TV and movie star Huang
Xiaoming, martial-art star Shi Xiaolong and young actor Jiang Daiyan
(playing the young Bruce Lee). Other new cast members are, according
to IMDB, Kent Cheng, To Yu-Hang and Amber Chia. The studios are
still looking for a man to play the adult Bruce Lee.
Budget
of
Ip Man 2
is about US$15 millions, more than double of that of the original.
The money is collectively shared by Hong Kong's Mandarin Films and
eight mainland Chinese companies, Henan Film & TV Production Group
Corporation Ltd., Beijing ShengShi HuaRui Film Investment &
Management Co., Ltd., Foshan Media Group, Desen International Media
Co., Ltd., Donloard Skykee Movie Investment, Dong Yang Teng Yuan
Film, TV and Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Bai Run Xing He Entertainment
Media Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Hai Gu Chi Investment Co., Ltd., with
Henan FIlm & TV production Group Corporation Ltd. as the biggest
shareholder.
During
the visit, Yen had tried to clarified two things. One,
Ip Man
3
would be unlikely to happen. He believes
Ip Man 2
would be more successful than the first one and would become an
instant classic. It would be a good idea to end it at the best
point. However, the studios may disagree. Two, Donnie Yen, turned 46
this year, said he would not retire at age 50. A few months back, he
told The New York Times that he had begun planning to retire at 50.
However, according to Yen, he said those words right after he
finished
Bodyguards and Assassins
and
14 Blades,
and felt very exhausted back then. Now he has regained his energy
and feels excited about more projects. After
Ip Man 2,
he will begin working on
Chen Zhen the Nocturnal Hero
(literal title) with director Andrew Lau and the sequel to the yet
to be released
14 Blades.
In
Chen Zhen the Nocturnal Hero,
he will play the character previously portrayed by Bruce Lee in
Fist of Fury
and Jet Li in
Fist of Legend.
More snapshots from the set
Stills
Clips:
Donnie Yen vs. Sammo Hung
Interview with director Wilson Yip and
Donnie Yen
Related story:
IP MAN Sequel Goes into Production
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August 11, 2009 |
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More Stills from Zhang Yimou's AMAZING TALES: THREE GUNS
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CAPE 7 Director to Tell a True Freedom Fighting Story with
SEEDIQ BALE
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Top: a promo still
Bottom: from the press conference. (L to
R):
Lo Meilin, Vivian
Hsu, Umin.Boya, Wei Te-Sheng and John Woo.
(Images: ARS Film Production, Tungstar.)
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Taiwanese director Wei Te-Sheng, whose
Cape No. 7
swept the box-office in Taiwan last year, is ready to start his
next film,
Seediq Bale, about a group of
aboriginal Taiwanese uprising against the Japanese occupation in
1930.
The film will tell the true story of
Wushe Incident. On October
27, 1930, led by chief Mona Rudao, over a thousands tribal members
of the Seediq nation rebelled against the Japanese, who had been
slavering the aboriginal looting their natural resources for many
years. The Japanese, assisted with some other tribal men, fought
back with war aircrafts and poison gas. By December, the uprising
fell and hundreds resistant fighters and their relatives committed
suicide, including chief Mona Rudao.
In 2003, determined to make the movie, director Wei Te-Sheng spent
2 million Taiwan dollars (1 US dollar = 32.5 Taiwan dollars) to
shoot
a 5 minute demonstration film
for raising more money for the project. Despite positive
reception, he could not secure enough funding for the ambitious
project. The tremendous success of
Cape No. 7
brought Wei overnight fame, which encouraged him to re-launch
Seediq Bale,
which literally mean "A Real Seediq" or "A Real Man".
Director John Woo has been brought on board as the executive
producer, whose experience from directing
Windtalkers
and Red Cliff
be a great asset to Wei who has never done any battle sequence.
Woo's long-time working partner producer Terrence is another
executive producer. Majority of the cast will be filled with
non-professional aboriginal Taiwanese men and women, including the
actor playing chief Mona Rudao. Professional cast members include
Vivian Hsu, aboriginal actor Umin Boya, Ma Ju-Lung and aboriginal
singer actress Lo Meilin.
A press conference held yesterday at the memorial site for Wushe
Incident, in Nantou County of central Taiwan, marked the official
kickoff of the principal shooting. Director Wei said the budget had
soared from 200 Taiwan dollars to about 500 Taiwan dollars, and it
had yet to be fully secured.
John Woo and Terrence Chang are currently working on the funding
on behalf of the project. One or a few studios from the mainland
China will likely be involved in the producing. Compare to Taiwan,
the mainland is a much bigger market and source for film financing.
Part of the film could also be shot in the mainland. The story
featured in the film is expected to be well received in the
mainland, in which resisting against the Japanese invasion has
always been a popular subject for movies and TV series. The art
depart and the special effect department include experts from Japan
and South Korea.
Official blog (Traditional Chinese)
Official blog (Simplified Chinese)
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A Look at Yuen Wo-Ping's TRUE LEGEND
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
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Top to bottom:
Su Qi-Er (Zhao Wenzhuo) with his wife Yuan Ying
(Zhou Xun),
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True Legend
(Mandarin title:
Su Qi-Er) is the first
film master martial-art choreographer Yuen Wo-Ping directed
since 1996.
Set at the turn of 19th and 20th century, the
story of begins with Su Can, a wealthy man who loses all his
fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him.
After being forced out onto the streets, he dedicates his life
to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero as he
challenges foreign fighters at a boxing ring.
The story is loosely based on the life of Su
Can, nicknamed Su Qi Er (Su the Bagger), who developed his own
fighting style, known as "drunken fist".
The cast includes Zhao Wenzhuo (Chiu Man-Cheuk)
as Su Can, Zhou Xun as his wife Yuan Ying, Jay Chou as a martial
art master and an fantasized character called God of Martial
Arts, Michelle Yeoh as Sister Yu. Supporting actors include
David Carradine, Cung Le, Andy On, Conan Stevens, Guo Xiaodong,
Jon Heidenreich, Sylvester 'Bear' Terkay, Dominiquie Vandenberg
and Matt 'Horshu' Wiese.
The project is produced by Bill Kong ( Lust,
Caution,
Curse of the Golden Flower,
Fearless,
House of Flying Daggers,
Hero,
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
and Zhang Zhenyan (Curse of the Golden Flower,
House of Flying Daggers,
Hero,
Happy Times).
The project is a joint production between
Bill Kong's Hong Kong-based EDKO Film and Shanghai Film Group,
with US art house studio Focus Features also involved in the
production.
Official site with an English version
Trailers
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Promotional Stills of Gao Qunshu's THE FOUR DETECTIVES
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Top: the four detective - Lepard (Duan Yihong), Sheperd (Wu Jing),
Tibetean Mastiff (Ni Dahong) and
Yak (Zhang Li).
Bottom Left: the fugitive (Xia Yu); Bottom right: the two killers -
A Nuo (Yu Nan) and Mai Gao (Francis Ng). |
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Opening This
Week: October
17 - 23, 2009
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October 23, 2009 |
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Radish Warrior |
Astro Boy |
Prince of Tears |
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Poker King |
E. Sha Age |
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Images: Shanghai Media Group, Poly-Bona Film Publishing Co., Ltd.,
Fei Meng Advertising Agency, Imagi Animation Studios, Imagi Crystal,
Tezuka Production Company Ltd., Peony5 Film Co., Ltd., Filmagic Pictures
Company, Far Sun Film Co., Icon Pictures, Sun City Group, Mada Ideas
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An amateur scientist
plans to dig a tunnel to steal back some money from his ex-best
friend now worst foe.
A powerful robotic boy
becomes a super-hero with help from his new friends.
A sad story set in Taiwan
during the notorious era of "White Terror" in the 1950s.
A young man determines to
win back the casino his father left for him, now controlled by his
father's right-hand man.
Shows of a dancing troupe
are brought back 25 years after the troupe was disbanded.
Other new releases:
China:
Astro Boy (Hong Kong /
China / USA / Japan)
The Taking of Pelham 123
(USA)
Hong Kong:
The Warrior and the Wolf
(China / Singapore / Japan / UK?)
The Informant! (USA)
Taiwan:
Astro Boy (Hong Kong /
China / USA / Japan)
The Message (China)
The Admiral (Russia)
Coco Chanel & Igor
Stravinsky (France)
Digimon Savers The Movie
Kyuukyoku Power! Burst Mode Hatsudou!! (Japan)
Fame (USA)
Gegege No Kitaro The
Movie (Japan)
Halloween II (USA)
Honor (USA)
Sing, Salmon, Sing!
(Japan)
Click here for more |
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NEW SHAOLIN TEMPLE Casting Update
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October 21,
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Who is in: Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Wu Jing,
Who is out: Jet Li, Zhou Xun.
A brief
plot description of
New Shaolin Temple
(working title) says, "In the early years of the republic era, the
nation was controlled by warlords and the people suffered. This is
the story of Shaolin monks willing to sacrifice themselves to
protect the people." In the real history, Shaolin monks join a
warlord group in 1922, and in 1928, the temple was captured and
burnt to ground by enemy troops. Most buildings of today's Shaolin
Temple were rebuilt during the 1980s and 1990s.
Nicholas Tse will play an once arrogant and rude man from a
wealthy family, who joins Shaolin after his family relatives are
slaughtered by a warlord. Andy Lau will play a warlord, probably
the warlord. And Jackie Chan will likely play a senior Shaolin
monk. Wu Jing (Jacky) will play another Shaolin monk, who
defects to the warlord side and betrays the temple.
Jet Li, who stared in the original Shaolin Temple, has said no
to the project, which is neither a remake nor a se/prequel. Zhou
Xun, once in talk for taking the female lead, has dropped out
due to schedule conflict.
The film is produced by Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures
(EMG), Shaolin Temple Diffusion (Dengfeng) Co., Ltd., owned by the
real Shaolin Temple (aka. Shaolin Monetary), and Henan Film and TV
Group.
Related Story:
Andy Lau in Talk to Join Benny Chan's new SHAOLIN
TEMPLE
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August 11, 2009 |
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GONG FU XIA, aka TAI CHI TIGER
Now in Production
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October
20,
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Tiger Chen Hu (L) with actor Lin Shen (R)
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Stunt man Tiger Chen Hu has been planning this movie for many years.
Worked as a member of the stunt team of
The Matrix
trilogy, Chen befriend Keanu Reeves, who would be a producer of the
martial-art film. Reeves was once in talk of starring.
The cast will include Tiger Chen Hu, Jiang Mengjie, Vanessa Branch ( Pirates
of the Caribbean
trilogy) and Lin Shen. The director's duty will be shared by Ning
Ying (Perpetual Motion,
Railroad of Hope,
I Love Beijing,
On the Beat,
Looking for Fun) and Yuen
Wo-Ping's younger brother kung-fu actor and director Yuen Cheung-Yan
(The Forbidden Kingdom,
Daredevil,
Charlie's Angels,
The Matrix sequels). Two
other producers are Han Sanping, head of the Chinese state-run China
Film Group and He Gang. Two producers are Li Xiaowan (John
Rabe,
The Door,
Stolen Life,
Baober in Love) and Zhang
Daxing (Red Cliff
dilogy). Woman director Li Shaohong (The Door,
Stolen Life,
Baober in Love) works as
the line producer.
As for the plot, Tiger Chen said he would play a lonely guy who
somehow fulfilled his dream with help from a foreign kid. He also
said this movie would contain a single shot of fighting sequence,
longer than any shot from movies made in recent years.
The Chinese title is
Gong Fu Xia,
roughly means "Kung Fu Hero." It is not clear whether the English
title still remains as "Tai Chi Tiger."
More shots from the press conference
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Opening This
Week: October
10 - 16, 2009
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October 16, 2009 |
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Qiu Xi |
Chong Qing Girl |
Rebellion |
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Lost . Indulgence |
Ghosted |
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Images: Pear Harbour Film Studio, Southern Media Corporation, GDC
Digital Cinema, Chongqing Starlight Investment Co., Ltd., Starlight Up
Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Silver Dream Film & TV Art Company, Sundream
Motion Pictures, Local Production, Universe Entertainment, Hyena Films,
3Sat, Chi & Company, Public Television Service, Zweites Deutsches
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Toward the end of the
civil war between the Nationalist and the Communist, two best
friends working for different sides, are playing a cat-and-mouse
game in
Qiu Xi.
The Story of
Chong Qing Girl, set in Chongqing City of
southwest China, begins with two
brothers who own a hot-pot restaurant, entrust a sort of
Jack-of-all-trade guy to steal the secret recipe from a rival
restaurant.
In the beginning of
Lost . Indulgence,
a taxi cab falling into Yangtze River, also in Chongqing City. The
driver disappears and the only passenger, a prostitute, survives.
In
Rebellion,
a gang member is searching for the man behind the assassination
attempt on his boss.
In
Ghosted, a Hamburg woman
artist travels to Taipei to grief her murdered Taiwanese lover and
meets an ambitious and seductive woman journalist.
Other new releases:
China:
Rogue
(Australia / USA)
Nepobedimyy
(Russia)
Hong Kong:
The Message
(China)
Kirschblüten - Hanami
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Cherry Blossoms
(Germany / France)
MW
(Japan)
Pandorum
(USA / Germany)
The Ugly Truth
(USA)
Whatever Works
(USA / France)
Taiwan:
Les Destinées Sentimentales
/
Les Destinées
(France / Switzerland)
Evangelion 2.0 - You Can
(not) Advance
(Japan)
Goemon
(Japan)
Honor
USA)
The Informant!
(USA)
Julie & Julia
(USA)
More than a Gam e
(South Korea)
Necessary Evil
(USA)
A Perfect Getaway
(USA)
Sema, The Warrior of
Ayudhaya
(Thailand)
Skate or Die
(France)
Zandalee
(Japan)
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Gao Qunshu's THE FOUR GREAT DETECTIVES Visiting
the China West
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October 14,
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L to R: Ni Dahong, Duan Yihong, Wu Jing,
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Following the success of his historical drama
The Tokyo Trial
and WWII spy thriller
The Message,
director Gao Qunshu has begun shooting his new film,
Si Da Ming Bu
(literal: The Four Great Detectives) in Gansu Province of China's
west. The story is about four cops, nicknamed Leopard, Tibetan
Mastiff, Shepherd and Hammer, hunting two fugitives and encountering
to professional killers. The four detectives are played by Duan
Yihong (The Message,
Eternal Beloved), Ni
Dahong (Amazing Tales: Three Guns, Judge,
The Message,
Curse of the Golden Flower),
martial-art star Wu Jing (Metallic Attraction:
Kungfu Cyborg,
Legendary Assassin,
Invisible Target), and
Zhang Li (The Message).
The cast will also include Hong Kong actor Francis Ng (Turning
Point,
Exiled,
Infernal Affairs II), Yu
Nan (Western Sunshine,
Speed Racer,
In Love We Trust,
Tuya's Marriage) and
Charlie Yeung (Bangkok Dangerous,
Seven Swords,
New Police Story).
Director Gao Qunshu said The Four Great Detective would be a serious
with the four battling various criminals in different places.
More stills
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The Little MULAN
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October 14,
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Ten production stills of Feng Xiaogang's new film
Aftershock
are released today, showing a few indoor sets, including a theater /
dinning hall being prepared for a mourning ceremony for Chairman
Mao, died on September 9, 1976, less than two months after the Great
Tangshan Earthquake, which is featured in the film.
More stills
Related Story:
Open House Day of Feng Xiaogang's AFTERSHOCK
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August 24, 2009
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The Little MULAN
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October 14,
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In
the live-action adaptation of Mulan,
the young Mulan is played by Xu Jiao, the little girl played Stephen
Chow's son in
CJ7.
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Jet Li in his first Action-Free
film, OCEAN PARADISE, Formerly Known as OCEAN HEAVEN
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October 13,
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Principal filming of family drama Ocean Paradise, formerly known as
Ocean Heaven, just ended a few days ago in Chinese coastal city of
Qingdao. The story is about an mid-age man, who only has three
months to live, trying to make an arrangement for his autistic son's
life after his death. Jet Li plays the dying father, Wen Zhang plays
his son, and Taiwanese actress Kwai Lunmei plays a girl who woks as
a clown at an aquaria. This film is written by woman screenwriter
and first time director Xue Xiaolu. The project is produced by Bill
Kong ( Lust, Caution,
Curse of the Golden Dragon,
House of Flying Daggers,
Hero,
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
More stills:
Kwai Lunmei
Wen Zhang and cinematographer Christopher
Doyle
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Donnie Yen in 14 BLADES
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October 12,
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Click here for five stills
of Donnie Yen in
14 Blades
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Golden Horse Awards 2009 – The Romance of Three Filmdoms
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October 10, 2009 |
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For many years, Taiwan-based Golden Horse
Awards has been called the Chinese Oscar. Does this mean the
award is a review of all Chinese films? Not really. Chinese
films are basically made by filmmakers of three places, the
mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Though officially, the
awards is open to all Chinese language films, only those
submitted are eligible to compete. Traditionally, movies made in
Hong Kong dominated the annual event with Taiwan movies took
relatively minor shares. For political reason. A few years back,
movies from the mainland, absent from the awards for political
reason, began appearing at nomination lists. Mainland
productions are nominated more and more frequently and even many
nominated Hong Kong movies are co-produced by mainland studios,
with mainlanders mixed in the cast and crew.
In this year’s nomination list, a film titled
Like a Dream, never been released in any place, receives the
highest nine nominations – Feature Films, Director, Leading Actor,
Leading Actress, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Direction,
Original Film Score and Sound Effect. It tells an American born
Chinese guy becomes part of a romantic mystery, and the story jumps
between Shanghai, Taipei and New York. This low-budget drama can
hardly been labeled as a film made purely by any of the three
filmdoms. It was made by studios from the mainland China, Taiwan,
Hong Kong and Australia. The director Clara Law is a Hong Konger
living in Australia, the male lead Daniel Wu is from Hong Kong and
female lead Yuan Quan is from the mainland.
Nominated in seven categories, including Feature
Film, Director, Leading Actor, New Performer, Original Screenplay,
Art Direction and Editing, Taiwanese film No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti
tells a single father, who did something unthinkable after knowing
he does not have the custody of his daughter he has been raising
since her birth.
Also received seven nominations, mainland Chinese
war comedy Cow is about a peasant unwillingly assigned to
take care of a precious milk cow at the dawn of Japanese invasion.
The nominations, almost identical to those of No Pudeo Vivir Sin
Ti, are Feature Film, Director, Leading Actor, Adopted
Screenplay, Cinematography, Action Choreography and Editing.
Mainland Chinese made WWII spy thriller The
Message is mentioned in five categories, Leading Actress (double
nominations), Adopted Screenplay, Visual Effects, Art Direction and
Makeup and Costume Design.
Face (Visage),
Tsai Ming-Liang’s stylish drama jointly produced by Taiwan, France,
Belgium and the Netherlands, also received five nominations –
Feature Film, Director, Art Direction, Makeup and Costume Design and
Action Choreography.
Complete Nomination List:
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Best Feature
Film |
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No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti |
Taiwan |
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Cow |
China |
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Crazy Racer |
China |
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Face |
Taiwan
/ France / Belgium / Netherlands |
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Like A Dream |
China
/ Taiwan / Hong Kong / Australia |
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Best Short Film |
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Sleeping With Her |
Taiwan |
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Invisible Loneliness |
Taiwan |
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Ending Cut |
Taiwan |
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Best
Documentary |
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KJ: music and life |
China
/ Taiwan |
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Baseball Boys |
Taiwan |
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Let The Wind Carry Me |
Taiwan |
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Best Animation:
(Absent) |
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Best Director |
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Leon DAI |
No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti (Taiwan) |
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GUAN Hu |
Cow (China) |
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TSAI Ming-Liang |
Face (Taiwan
/ France / Belgium / Netherlands) |
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Clara LAW |
Like A Dream
(China
/ Taiwan / Hong Kong / Australia) |
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Best Leading
Actor |
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CHEN Wen-Pin |
No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti
(Taiwan) |
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Nick CHEUNG |
The Beast Stalker (Hong Kong) |
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HUANG Bo |
Cow
(China) |
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Daniel WW |
Like A Dream
(China
/ Taiwan / Hong Kong / Australia) |
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Best Leading
Actress |
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Sandrine PINNA |
YANG YANG
(Taiwan) |
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YUAN Quan |
Like A Dream
(China
/ Taiwan / Hong Kong / Australia) |
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ZHOU Xun |
The Message
(China) |
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LI Bingbing |
The Message
(China) |
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Best Supporting
Actor |
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CAI Zhen-Nan |
Ending Cut
(Taiwan) |
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HUANG Chien-Wei |
YANG YANG
(Taiwan) |
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ZHANG Hayu |
The Equation of Love and Death (China / Hong Kong) |
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WANG Xueqi |
Forever Enthralled (China / Hong Kong / Taiwan) |
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Best Supporting
Actress |
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LIOU Yiin-Shang |
Sleeping With Her (Taiwan) |
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LU Yi-Ching |
A Place of One's Own
(Taiwan) |
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WAI Ying Hung |
At the End of Daybreak (Malaysia / Hong Kong / South Korea) |
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ZHANG Ziyi |
Forever Enthralled
(China / Hong Kong / Taiwan) |
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Best New
Performer |
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CHEN Wen-Pin |
No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti
(Taiwan) |
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HER Sy-Huoy |
YANG YANG
(Taiwan) |
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YU Shaoqun |
Forever Enthralled
(China / Hong Kong / Taiwan) |
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Michelle CHEN |
Hear Me (Taiwan) |
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Best Original
Screenplay |
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Leon DAI, CHEN Wen-Pin |
No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti
(Taiwan) (Taiwan) |
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CUI Siwei, XING Aina, WANG Hongwei, WANG Yao, ZHOU
Zhiyong, YUE Xiaojun, ZHANG Cheng |
Crazy Racer (China) |
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CHENG Wen-Tang, CHENG Jin-Fen, CHANG I-Feng |
Tears (Taiwan) |
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Eddie FONG, Clara LAW |
Like A Dream
(China
/ Taiwan / Hong Kong / Australia) |
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Best Screenplay
Adaptation |
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GUAN Hu |
Cow
(China) |
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CHEN Kuo-Fu, ZHANG Jialu |
The Message
(China) |
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GU Xiaoni |
Death Dowry (China) |
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Best
Cinematography |
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SONG Xiaofei |
Cow
(China) |
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Sion MICHEL (A.C.S) |
Like A Dream
(China
/ Taiwan / Hong Kong / Australia) |
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ZHAO Xiaoshi |
Wheat (China) |
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CAO Yu |
City of Life and Death (China / Hong Kong) |
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Best Visual
Effects |
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JIANG Weibin, LEI Zaixing |
Da Ming Palace (China) |
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WANG Jianxiong, Jimmy CHEN, LI Liping |
Crazy Racer
(China) |
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Don MA |
City of Life and Death
(China / Hong Kong) |
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HU Xuan, XIAO Yang |
The Message
(China) |
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Best Art
Direction |
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HUATa-Hua |
No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti
(Taiwan) |
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LEE Tian-Jue, Patrick DECHESNE, Alain-Pascal HOUSIAUX |
Face
(Taiwan
/ France / Belgium / Netherlands) |
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YEE Chung-Man, Penny TSAI |
Like A Dream
(China
/ Taiwan / Hong Kong / Australia) |
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SHI Haiying, YANG Haoyu |
The Message
(China) |
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Best Makeup &
Costume Design |
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Emi WADA |
The Warrior and the Wolf (China / Hong Kong / Japan / Singapore
/ USA) |
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CHEN Tongxun |
Forever Enthralled
(China / Hong Kong / Taiwan) |
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Christian LACROIX, WANG Chia-Hui, Anne DUNSFORD |
Face
(Taiwan
/ France / Belgium / Netherlands) |
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Tim
YIP |
The Message
(China) |
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Best Action
Choreography |
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TUNG Wai, Bruce LAW |
The Beast Stalker
(Hong Kong) |
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CHEN Guanlong, QIN Haiqiang |
Cow
(China) |
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Philippe DECOUFLÉ |
Face
(Taiwan
/ France / Belgium / Netherlands) |
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Sammo HUNG |
Ip Man (Hong Kong / China) |
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Best Original
Film Score |
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LIM Giong |
YANG YANG (Taiwan) |
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DOU Wei, BI Xiaodi |
The Equation of Love and Death
(China / Hong Kong) |
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Paul GRABOWSKY |
Like A Dream
(China
/ Taiwan / Hong Kong / Australia) |
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LIU Xing |
Wheat (China) |
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Best Original
Film Song |
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Sayonala
from: "Tears (Taiwan)" |
Lyric: YANG Ta-Cheng, ENNO; composer: ENNO; performer: ENNO |
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The Flow of Clouds
from: "Young Spirit of a Taiwanese Opera Singer
(Taiwan)" |
Lyric: PENG Zhang-zhan; composer: PENG Zhang-zhan; performer
：Christine SHU |
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For My Heart
from: "Death Dowry (China)" |
Lyric: ZENG Yan; composer: ZENG Yan; performer: TAO Hong, TAN
Weiwei |
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Best Film
Editing |
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CHEUNG
King-Wai |
KJ: music and life (China
/ Taiwan) |
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Leon DAI |
No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti
(Taiwan) |
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KONG Jinlei |
Cow
(China) |
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ZHANG Yifan, DU Yuan,TANG Hua |
Crazy Racer
(China) |
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Best Sound
Effect |
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CHEUNG King Wai |
KJ: music and life
(China
/ Taiwan) |
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TU Duu-Chih |
YANG YANG (Taiwan) |
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TU Duu-Chih |
Like A Dream
(China
/ Taiwan / Hong Kong / Australia) |
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WANG Changrui |
Wheat (China) |
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The Outstanding
Taiwanese Film of the Year |
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Let The Wind Carry Me |
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No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti |
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YANG YANG |
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FIPRESCI Award |
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The Outstanding
Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year |
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LEE Lung-Yue |
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Jack KAO |
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Leon DAI |
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Lifetime
Achievement Award |
Special
Contribution Award |
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MING Ji |
George WANG |
Golden Horse Film Festival
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Da Wei Wang |
Split Second Murders |
A Place of One's Own |
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Images: Golden Skyway Media Co., Ltd., Long Dong Film and TV
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In China, the 8-day
national day plus mid-autumn festival holiday combo has come to an
end. Only one domestic made movie is released this week.
Da Wei Wang
(literal: Big Stomach King), is a comedy telling the story of a
farmer makes a visit to a big city to look for his runaway wife and
only runs into a greedy business man.
Hong Kong's
high-productive director Herman Yau's new movie
Split Second Murders
is released this Thursday in his hometown. Story of this comedy
begins with a comic book fanatic trying to sell a comic story he
wrote to a publisher. In the story, a family gathering turns to a
family tragedy.
This Friday, dark comedy
A Place of One's Own
begins showing at theaters in Taiwan. An unlucky rock singer decides
to write his first, and soon will be his last, love song to his
girlfriend, a rising rock star. A terminally ill elderly man, has
made countless paper houses for the dead, cannot afford one for his
own funeral. Then one day, his wife, working as a cemetery cleaner,
receives a great deal of money, with "help" from a deceased
customer. Their life suddenly become interrelated with the elderly
man's son, a real estate agent.
Other new releases:
China:
Kwasok Scandal
(South Korea)
A Tale of Mari and the
Three Puppies
(Japan)
Hong Kong:
(500) Days of Summer
(USA)
April Bride
(Japan)
My Sister's Keeper
(USA)
Phobia 2
(Thailand)
Shrink
(USA)
Whiteout
(USA / Canada / France)
Taiwan:
Arráncame la Vida
/
Tear This Heart Out
(Mexico)
Gamer
(USA)
Haeundae
(South Korea)
Lĺt Den Rätte Komma In
/
Let the Right One In
(Sweden)
The Lucky Ones
(USA)
Taking Woodstock
(USA / Germany)
Time Lost, Time Found
(Japan)
Unmistaken Child
(Israel)
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My Fair Gentleman |
Royal Tattoo |
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Prequel of the Monkey King |
Shenbing Kids |
The King of Milu Deer |
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/ Perfect World Culture / TV Tokyo Corporation / China Film Group Corp.
/ BDI Films Inc., Yuk Long Animation Limited, Enlight Pictures, CCTV
Animation, Kaku Animation Satellite TV Channel Co., Ltd., Hongying Anime
Entertainment Co., Ltd., Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment, Huayi
Film Entertainment, Beijing Film Academy, Tong He Tian Cheng Film
Production Co., Hai De Bei Li Entertainment Co., Yuan Cheng Film and TV,
Stellar Mega Films Co., Ltd., EE-Media, Great Brother Culture & Media
Co., Ltd., China Interactive Television, Vinvo, Ya Shen Film and TV
Entertainment Center, Long Ji Film and TV Media Co., Ltd., Hebei Film
Studio, Vinvo, BIG Pictures Limited, Xi'an Mei-Ah Culture Communication
Ltd., Mighty Delta Investments Limited, Tosoa Entertainment Co. Ltd.,
Sil-Metropole Organization Ltd., Nanfang Media Channel Operation Co.,
Ltd., Classic Culture and Poly-bona Film Publishing Company, Xi'an Film
Studio, BA Production, Homegreen Films, Musée du Louvre, Tarantula,
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The eight day long
national day plus the mid-autumn festival vacation has started in
China. Eight new movies are released this week in China, while the
market is already jammed with over a dozen all-China-made movies.
They are: The Message, The Warrior and the Wolf,
Wheat, My Fair Gentleman, Royal Tattoo, Prequel
of the Monkey King, Shenbing Kids and The King of Milu
Deer.
Story of
The Message
is set in 1942 in the Japanese occupied Chinese city, Nanjing
(Nanking). Following the assassination of a senior official of the
Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese intelligence
chief suspects a mole is among them and gathers five suspects in a
mansion house for questioning. Then a cat-and-mouse game begins.
The Warrior and
the Wolf is set in the
wildness north of the Great Wall. A regiment of Qin soldiers
stranded in the Harran village while fighting with the local tribe.
The regiment leader took a widow in as his private capture and then
the widow told him if she spent seven nights with a foreign man,
both of them would turn into wolves.
In
Wheat, two soldiers from
the state of Qin desert the battle field and take refuge in a town
in the enemy state of Zhao, of which all men are away fighting the
war. Out of self-protection, they claim they are Zhao soldiers, who
are returning home after winning the battle. The lie brings them
respect and comfort from women who miss their men for to long. Until
one day, a group of bandits break into the town, telling everyone
the crashing truth.
My Fair Gentleman
is about a self-made wealthy entrepreneur hiring a marketing
specialist to change his appearance in order to impress the girl he
wants to date.
Royal Tattoo
begins with a mason, hoping to
get the contact of building the new imperial park,
gets himself arrested in order to rescue an imprisoned minister.
Prequel of the Monkey King
tells how a little monkey, born from a piece of rock, becoming the
great pillager of the heaven.
Shenbing Kids
tells an evil lord changed all beasts to monsters and a little boy
and his sister fight back, with the help from a powerful beast.
In
The King of Milu Deer, an
elaphurus davidianus (milu) princess transformed to a human girl
after accidentally eating a magic herb. When looking for the
legendary Milu King, she meets a human prince, who determines to
protect the nature against the invasion from the human and the
ogres.
Taiwan director Tsai Ming-Liang's
Face
(Visage) is finally released in Taiwan, four after
the world premiere at Cannes. The story begins with a
Taiwanese film director traveling to the Louvre to shoot a film that
explores the Salomé myth. But the shooting turns out to be
everything but smooth.
Other new releases:
China:
none
Hong Kong:
The Founding of a Republic
(China / Hong Kong)
District 9
(USA / New Zealand)
Fame
(USA)
Garfield's Pet Force
(South Korea / USA)
Taking Woodstock
(USA)
Whiteout
(USA / Canada / France)
Taiwan:
Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg
(China / Hong Kong)
The Little Finger and the Forbidden Body
(Japan)
Looking for Eric
(UK / France / Italy / Belgium /Spain)
Pandorum
(USA / Germany)
The Ugly Truth
(USA)
Whiteout
(USA / Canada / France)
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