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Mo Li Hua Kai |
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Jasmine Blossom |
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Jasmine Women |
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an epic three-part story of four generations of women members of a
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Teaser trailer 2
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The Making-of
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DVD review
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By James S. Rich
Though Jasmine
Women is an involving historical epic, the DVD presentation so far
leaves a lot to be desired. Definitely see it, as Ziyi Zhang and Joan
Chen's performances are not to be missed, but until someone else puts
out a higher quality disc, don't shell out the money to have it in your
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Hou Yong (director) |
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Zhang Ziyi |
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Liu Ye |
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Tian Zhuangzhuang |
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Zhang Yimou |
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Music by |
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Song Cong |
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Produced by:
China Film Group, Corp.
Century Hero Film Investment
Polybona Films |
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JASMINE WOMEN: Singapore Trailer and
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May
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(FestiveFilms) |
This film has been release in Singapore on May 4. The official page at
the website of FestiveFilms.com, the local distributor, contains
an imbedded trailer, a poster design and a brief introduction of the
film. The trailer is very long and is a very decent summary of the
whole story in chronicle order. The poster is by far the best design for
the film but it only reflects the first one third of the story.
I wonder anyone could create a decent design to reflect all three
parts of the story. A fan poster maybe?
Click here for the page.
(Thanks to "Volim ZiYi " at Ziyifilms.com.)
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Opening This
Week: April 22 - 28, 2006 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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April 28,
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Jasmine Women |
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(Poly
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an epic three-part story of four generations of women members of a
Shanghai family...
Click here for detail
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Review: JASMINE WOMEN
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April 25, 2006 |
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(Century Hero ) |
Three stories, three times, and one family in Shanghai. The first story
is about Mo, a young woman lives with her single mother. She dreams
about becoming a movie star but her mother wants her to take share of
their family run photo shop. One day, Mr. Meng, a charming middle age
man shows up and asks Mo to work at the movie studio he runs. Mo sees
this as the moment she has been waiting for and agrees to take an
audition. It turns out she cannot act but with help from Mr. Meng, who
only wants her as his new mistress, she becomes a star instantly. Then
Mo finds out she is pregnant. Meng does not abundant her and all he
wants is to get rid of the baby, which she refuses to do. Soon the
Japanese invades the city and Meng runs away, leaving Mo to raise their
baby daughter, named Li. The second story is about Li, who is desperate
about leaving her mother. Despite Mo's objection, Li marries to Zou, a
handsome young man from a working class family. Soon Li discovers she is
unable of having babies and have to adopt a baby girl. The third story
is about Hua, the adopted daughter of Li. Like her mother, Hua secretly
gets married to Du without consulting her grandmother, who has been
taken care of her since the death of Li. Du is away in college, which
provides a perfect opportunity for him to meet someone else. Soon he
asks for a divorce, not knowing Hua is already pregnant with their
child.
Click here to continue.
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JASMINE WOMEN Posters
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April 13, 2006 |
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(Poly
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Two poster designs of
Jasmine Women
have been revealed twelve days ahead of the nation-wide release of this
film in China. The design is so ugly that I can barely watch. It makes
the film, starring Zhang Ziyi and Joan Chen, looks like a
straight-to-video cheap soap series.
Click here for a vertical design.
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Stills: JASMINE WOMEN
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Sina.com) |
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April 3, 2006 |
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JASMINE WOMEN Official Japanese Website
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March 26, 2006 |
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(JasmineWomen.jp) |
A trailer has been added to
the official Japanese website.
Japanese trailer:
MP4 (by JasmineWomen.jp)
QuickTime
(play it with QuickTime Player / by HelloZiyi.us)
(Thanks to "Chris" from
HelloZiyi.us)
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JASMINE WOMEN and FEARLESS Both Set
for April Release in China
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Exclusive) |
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February 25, 2006 |
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Zhang Ziyi (R) and Joan Chen
(L) in
Jasmine Women. |
Chen Kun (L) and Zeng Li (R) in The
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(China Film Group Corp., Shanghai Film
Group Corp.) |
Beijing-based Polybona Film Distributing Co. recently decided to release
Jasmine Women
(Chinese title: Jasmine Blossoms) in China and Singapore by mid-April.
Meanwhile Shanghai Film Group Corp. has also announced that
The Music Box
(Chinese title: The Barber) would be premièred on April 10, the one year
death anniversary of the film's director Chen Yifei.
Jasmine Women
was shot in 2003, by cinematographer and second time director Hou
Yong. It tells an epic three-part story of four generations of women
members of a Shanghai family. In 2004,
Jasmine Women
won the Grand Jury Prize at the 7th Shanghai International Film
Festival and
for her role in the film Zhang Ziyi was named the Best Actress of
the 13th Golden Rooster Awards of China. Four shareholders of the film began fighting for the distribution right
two years ago and the conflict was not resolved until earlier this year.
The Music Box was
painter Chen Yifei's
fourth film. Principal shooting began in November 2002. Just one month
later, Jiiang Wen, the male lead walked away from the set and shooting
was immediately put on hold. Two full years later, in February 2005,
principal shooting resumed with a new male lead, Chen Kun. Director Chen Yifei
died suddenly on April 20, just one week shy of the scheduled wrapping
day and the film was completed by director Wu Siyuan.
The Music Box is about
a young Chinese barber's courage for love in war and turmoil from the
1930s to the 1950s.
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May 4, 2003
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JASMINE WOMEN
May Finally Hit Theaters This Year (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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February 11,
2006 |
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(Asian Union Film & Media / Century Hero
Film) |
Chinese
movie
Jasmine Women
(aka.
Mo Li Hua Kai /
Jasmine Flowers
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Jasmine Blossoms),
starring Zhang Ziyi and Joan Chen, may
finally be released some time this year, according to newspaper
The Beijing News.
Jasmine Women
was shot in 2003, by cinematographer and second time director Hou
Yong, and due to some conflict of interest among rights owners, the
film's
domestic and international releases have been put on hold for more
than two years. In
2004,
Jasmine Women
won the Grand Jury Prize at the 7th Shanghai International Film
Festival and
for her role in the film Zhang Ziyi was named the Best Actress of the
13th Golden Rooster Awards of China. Beijing-based Poly Bona Films
has promised to release it in the mainland China this year. This
three year old film will not get a straight-to-video treatment,
largely thanks to Zhang Ziyi's growing popularity. Sales in
other parts of Asia are almost done. It will be released in Hong Kong
this April and in South Korea and Japan this September. At the
current Berlin International Film Festival, a special promotion has
been carried out by
Arclight Films. A screening will be
held tomorrow at Berlin's CineStar. (click
here and
here for detail)
Another Chinese title being promoted by the company is
The Road.
Jasmine Women
tells an epic three-part story of four generations of women members
of a Shanghai family. In the 1930s episode, Zhang Ziyi plays Mo
and Joan Chen plays her mother; in the 1950s episode, Zhang Ziyi plays
Mo's daughter, Li, and Joan Chen plays the mid-age Mo; and in the
1980s episode, Zhang Ziyi plays Li's adopted daughter, Hua and Joan
Chen plays the old-age Mo. Together, "Mo Li Hua" means
"jasmine
flower" and "Mo Li Hua Kai" means "jasmine flower blossoms".
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JASMINE WOMEN Posters
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March 4, 2005 |
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Chris from
HelloZiyi.us
just dug out four posters of Mo Li Hua Kai / Jasmine Women.
The release day in China has been pushed back to the ten-day May Day
vacation.
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JASMINE WOMEN's Date In
China Set
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November 23, 2004 |
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According to Chinese paper Chengdu Evening Post,
Jasmine Women's makers have finally found a date for the film - February
9, 2005, the Chinese New Year Day and the leading lady Zhang Ziyi's 26th
birthday. The distributor has planned to invite her and some of her fans
to watch the film together on that day, in Beijing or Shanghai. Filming
of Memoirs Of A Geisha is expected to wrap up by them.
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