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Gong Li

Zhang Ziyi

Zhou Xun

Tang Wei

Michelle Yeoh

According to HK media reports, actresses Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, Tang Wei and Michelle Yeoh have all signed on to star in Ronnie Yu’s upcoming film The Lady Generals of the Yang Family. The film follows a group of widows from the Song dynasty who bravely go into battle after learning their warrior husbands were sold out by a traitorous Song official.  Hmm…I guess love will make you do some crazy ish. At any rate, the movie sounds like a winner. Can’t wait until the first stills release!!

*Cues Pat Benatar’s Love Is A Battlefield*

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(L to R) actress Han Chae-Young, director Lee Jae-Gyu & actor Lee Byung-Hun

(photos: chung sung-jun/getty images asiapac)

Director Lee Jae-Gyu, LBH and Han Chae-Young attended the South Korea premiere of their new film The Influence at the Apgujeong CGV on March 2nd in Seoul. The film releases in theatres on March 3rd.

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2009 Gawad Urian Winners (photo: mpp)

Arguably the most credible film honor in the Philippines the Gawad Urian awards just released its 2010 list of nominees.

The complete list of 2010 Gawad Urian nominees below.

Best Film
The Arrival
Bakal Boys
Colorum
Engkwentro
Himpapawid
Hospital Boat
Kinatay
Lola
Last Supper No. 3
Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe.

Best Director
John Steffan Ballesteros (Colorum)
Pepe Diokno (Engkwentro)
Ralston Jover (Bakal Boys)
Erik Matti (The Arrival)
Arnel Mardoquio (Hospital Boat)
Brillante Mendoza (Kinatay)
Brillante Mendoza (Lola)
Raymond Red (Himpapawid)
GB Sampedro (Astig)
Veronica Velasco (Last Supper No. 3)
Alvin Yapan (Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe)

Best Actor
Raul Arellano (Himpapawid)
Allen Dizon (Dukot)
Dwight Gaston (The Arrival)
John Lloyd Cruz (In My Life)
Coco Martin (Kinatay)
Joey Paras (Last Supper)
Felix Roco (Engkwentro)
Alfred Vargas (Colorum)
Lou Veloso (Colorum)
Jacky Woo (Walang Hanggang Paalam)

Best Actress
Irma Adlawan (Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe)
Janice de Belen (Last Viewing)
Iza Calzado (Dukot)
Rustica Carpio (Lola)
Eugene Domingo (Kimmy/Dora)
Anita Linda (Lola)
Che Ramos (Mangatyanan)
Rosanna Roces (Wanted Border)
Vilma Santos (In My Life)
Tessie Tomas (Sanglaan)

Best Supporting Actor
John Arcilla (Himpapawid)
Dennis Ascalon (The Arrival)
Soliman Cruz (Himpapawid)
Milton Dionson (The Arrival)
Jose Ma. Javellana (Colorum)
John Regala (Kinatay)
Jake Roxas (Walang Hanggang Paalam)
Ariel Ureta (Kimmy/Dora)

Best Supporting Actress
Gina Alajar (Dukot)
Glaiza de Castro (Astig)
Jea Lyka Cinco (Hospital Boat)
Maria Isabel Lopez (Kinatay)
Gina Pareño (Baseco Bakal Boys)
Marissa Sue Prado (Himpapawid)
Miriam Quiambao (Kimmy/Dora)
Dimples Romana (In My Life)

Best Screenplay
Linda Casimiro (Lola)
Pepe Diokno (Engkwentro)
Christopher Gozum (Anacbanua)
Armando Lao (Biyaheng Lupa)
Armando Lao (Kinatay)
Erik Matti (The Arrival)
Raymond Red (Himpapawid)
Veronica Velasco and Jinky Laurel (Last Supper No. 3)
Alvin Yapan (Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe)

Best Sound
Ditoy Aguila (Himpapawid)
Mark Locsin (Bakal Boys)
Albert Michael Idioma (Kinatay)
Albert Michael Idioma and Addiss Tabong (Lola)
Mark Laccay (Engkwentro)
Andrew Millalos and Mike Idioma, (Last Supper No. 3)

Best Music
Teresa Barrazo (Kinatay)
Dan Gil (Last Supper No. 3)
Lutgardo Labad (Independencia)
Gauss Obenza (Hospital Boat)
Francisbrew Reyes (Dinig Sana Kita)
Francis de Veyra (The Arrival)

Best Editing
John Steffan Ballesteros (Colorum)
Jay Halili (Biyaheng Lupa)
Raymond Red, Dave Hukom and Jay Halili (Himpapawid)
Kats Serraon (Kinatay)
Kats Serraon (Lola)
Orlean Tan, Ralph Crisostomo and Miko Araneta (Engkwentro)
Borgy Torre and Ronald Banawa (The Arrival)
Veronica Velasco and Pablo Biglang-awa Jr. (Last Supper No. 3).

Best Production Design
Bryan Bajado (Hospital Boat)
Deans Habal (Bakal Boys)
Brillante Mendoza (Kinatay)
Brillante Mendoza (Lola)
Danny Red (Himpapawid)
Digo Ricio (Independencia)
Mic Tatad and Giselle Andres (Last Supper No. 3)

Best Cinematography
Dax Canedo (Hospital Boat)
Ruben Dela Cruz (Bakal Boys)
Neil Daza (Engkwentro)
Odyssey Flores (Kinatay)
Odyssey Flores (Lola)
Sol Garcia (Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe)
Joni Guttierez (Anacbanua)
Jeanne Lapoirie (Independencia)
Raymond Red (Himpapawid)

Natatanging Gawad Urian
Armida Siguion-Reyna

The 33rd awards ceremony takes place at the UP Cine Adarna on April 29th.

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The awards ceremony takes place on March 26th on KBS2 TV.

Check out the nominees below.

Best TV Drama
My Wife Is A Superwoman (MBC)
Queen SeonDeok (MBC)
IRIS (KBS2)
Brilliant Legacy (SBS)
Chuno / The Slave Hunters (KBS2)

Best Producer
Hong Sung-Chang (SBS You Are Beautiful)
Go Dong-Seon, Kim Min-Shik (MBC My Wife Is A Superwoman)
Park Hong-Gyun, Kim Geun-Hong (MBC Queen SeonDeok)
Kim Gyu-Tae, Yang Yoon-Ho (KBS2 IRIS)
Kim Byung-Wook (MBC High Kick 2)

Best New Producer
Kwak Jung-Hwan (KBS2 The Slave Hunters)
Park Young-Soo (SBS Glory Of Family)
Baek Soo-Chan (SBS Dream)
Jin Hyuk (SBS Brilliant Legacy)
Yoo Hyun-Gi (KBS2 Master Of Study)

Best Actor
Kim Soo-Ro (KBS2 Master Of Study)
So Ji-Sub (SBS Cain & Abel)
Lee Byung-Hun (KBS2 IRIS)
Yoon Sang-Hyun (MBC My Wife Is A Superwoman)
Jang Hyuk (KBS2 The Slave Hunters)

Best Actress
Kim Tae-Hee (KBS2 IRIS)
Kim So-Yeon (KBS2 IRIS)
Kim Nam-Joo (MBC My Wife Is A Superwoman)
Go Hyun-Jung (MBC Queen Seon-Deok)
Han Hyo-Joo (SBS Brilliant Legacy)

Best New Actor
Kim Nam-Gil (MBC Queen SeonDeok)
Lee Seung-Gi (SBS Brilliant Legacy)
Yoo Seung-Ho (KBS2 Master Of Study)
Yoon Shi-Yoon (MBC High Kick 2)
Daniel Choi (MBC High Kick 2)

Best New Actress
Go Ah-Sung (KBS2 Master Of Study)
Seo Woo (MBC Tamra, The Island)
Shin Se-Kyung (MBC High Kick 2)
Lee Min-Jung (SBS Smile, You)
Hwang Jung-Eum (MBC High Kick 2)

TV Entertainer (Male)
Kang Ho-Dong
Park Sung-Ho
Lee Seung-Gi
Lee Soo-Geun
Yoo Jae-Seok

TV Entertainer (Female)
Kang Yu-Mi (KBS2 Gag Concert)
Park Ji-Seon (KBS2 Gag Concert)
Song Eun-Yi (SBS Good Sunday)
Ahn Young-Mi (KBS2 Gag Concert)
Lee Hyo-Ri (SBS Good Sunday – Family Outing)

Best Screenplay
Park Ji-Eun (MBC My Wife Is A Superwoman)
Kim Young-Hyun, Park Sang-Yeon (MBC Queen SeonDeok)
Lee Jae-Yoon (MBC Tamra, The Island)
So Hyun-Kyung (SBS Brilliant Legacy)
Chun Sung-Il (KBS2 The Slave Hunters)

Best Film
Haeundae
Take Off
Mother
Secret Reunion
Thirst

Best Director
Yoon Je-Gyun (Haeundae)
Kim Yong-Hwa (Take Off)
Bong Joon-Ho (Mother)
Jang Hoon (Secret Reunion)
Park Chan-Wook (Thirst)

Best New Director
Yang Ik-Joon (Breathless)
Jung Gi-Hoon (Goodbye Mom)
Park Geon-Yong (Lifting King Kong)
Lee Ho-Jae (The Scam)
Park Hee-Gon (Insadong Scandal)

Best Actor
Won Bin (Mother)
Kang Dong-Won (Secret Reunion)
Kim Yoon-Seok (Running Turtle)
Ha Jung-Woo (Take Off)
Jung Jae-Young (Castaway On The Moon)

Best Actress
Kim Hye-Ja (Mother)
Ha Ji-Won (Closer To Heaven)
Kim Ok-Bin (Thirst)
Choi Kang-Hee (Goodbye Mom)
Seo Woo (Paju)

Best New Actor
Yang Ik-Joon (Breathless)
Lee Min-Ki (Haeundae)
Kim Moo-Yeol (The Scam)
Kim Ji-Seok (Take Off)
Yoo Seung-Ho (4th Period Mystery)

Best New Actress
Jo Ahn (Lifting King Kong)
Kang Ye-Won (Haeundae)
Seon Woo-Seon (Jeon Woo Chi)
Baek Jin-Hee (Bandhobi)
Kim Kkot-Bi (Breathless)

Best Screenplay
Bong Joon-Ho, Park Eun-Kyo (Mother)
Jang Min-Seok (Secret Reunion)
Park Geon-Yong, Bae Se-Young (Lifting King Kong)
Lee Hae-Joon (Castaway On The Moon)
Lee Yong-Joo (Possessed)

My thoughts…

Lee Hyo-Ri will more than likely win Best TV Entertainer (Female).

I really, really, really want So Ji Sub to win Best TV Actor but I have a feeling the award may go to Lee Byung-Hun for IRIS.

Won Bin should win the Best Film Actor award.

Kim Hye-Ja should pick up the award for Best Film Actress.

There’s a toss up for Best Film Director between Park Chan-Wook (Thirst) and Bong Joon-Ho (Mother).

MBC’s Tamra, The Island should ABSOLUTELY, UNEQUIVOCALLY win nothing. One of the worse kdramas I’ve seen!

The bottom line: Chuno and IRIS will dominate the awards.

For a complete list of nominees/categories click HERE.

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Check out this year’s list of nominees for the Green Global Film Awards. Btw, the awards will be presented on March 23, 2010 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in L.A.

What was the Best Foreign Language Film of 2009?

• France “Un Prophète”

• Germany “The White Ribbon”

• Korea “Mother”

• The Netherlands “Winter in Wartime”

• Peru “The Milk of Sorrow”

What was the Best Foreign Culture Film of the Decade? (released between 2000 and 2009)?

• Chocolat

• Crouching Tiger / Hidden Dragon

• Last Samurai

• Memoirs of a Geisha

• Slumdog Millionaire

Who were your 10 favorite Asian entertainers in Hollywood in 2009?

• Jackie Chan (Shinjuku Incident)

• John Cho (Star Trek XI)

• Smith Cho (Knight Rider/Ugly Betty)

• Justin Chon (Twilight: New Moon)

• Yun-Fat Chow (Dragonball Evolution)

• Daniel Henney (X-Men Origins: Wolverine)

• Ji-Hyun Jeon /Gianna Jun (Blood: The Last Vampire)

• Sung Kang (Ninja Assassin)

• Tim Kang (The Mentalist)

• Yunjin Kim (Lost)

• Daniel Dae Kim (Lost)

• Youki Kudoh (Limits of Control)

• Ang Lee (Taking Woodstock)

• Bobby Lee (MADtv)

• Byung-Hun Lee (G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra)

• C.S. Lee (Dexter)

• James Kyson Lee (Heroes)

• Rex Lee (Entourage)

• Jet Li (The Founding of a Republic)

• Lucy Liu (Dirty Sexy Money)

• Saemi Nakamura (Heroes)

• Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy)

• Masa Oki (Heroes)

• Joon-hyung Park (Dragon Ball Evolution)

• Rain (Jeong Jihoon / Jung Jihoon ) (Ninja Assassin)

• Brenda Song (The Suite Life On Deck)

• George Takei (Heroes)

• Brian Tee (Crash)

• Ken Watanabe (Cirque du Freak)

• John Woo (Red Cliff II)

• Aaron Yoo (Friday the 13th)

• Zhang Ziyi (The Founding of a Republic)

What were the 10 best films of the decade (2000-2009)?

• American Gangster

• Avatar

• The Aviator

• Babel (Rinko Kikuchi)

• A Beautiful Mind

• Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)

• Capote

• Chicago

• Chocolat

• Cold Mountain

• Crash

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• The Departed

• Erin Brokovitch

• Finding Neverland

• Frost/Nixon

• Gangs of New York

• Gladiator

• Good Night, and Good Luck

• Hotel Rwanda

• Letters from Iwo Jima (Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• Lost in Translation

• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

• Michael Clayton

• Milk

• Million Dollar Baby

• Moulin Rouge!

• Mudholland Drive

• Munich

• Mystic River

• No Country for Old Men

• The Pianist

• The Queen

• There Will Be Blood

• Ray

• Slumdog Millionaire

Who were the 10 Best Actors of the Decade? (Between 2000 and 2009)?

• Ben Kingsley – The only person of Asian descent nominated

Who were the 10 Best Actresses of the Decade? (Between 2000 and 2009)?

• Ziyi Zhang – The only person of Asian descent nominated

Who were the 10 Best Filmmakers of the Decade? (Between 2000 and 2009)?  I did not include the whole list. I only included the folks pertinent to One Asian World readers.

• Danny Boyle – For obvious reasons…

• Ang Lee – The only person of Asian descent nominated

• Quentin Tarantino – Wanna be Asian dude

What was the Best International Environmental Film of the Decade?

• Conflict Tiger (Sasha Snow)

• The Forest for the Trees (Bernadine Mellis)

• Earth (Disney Nature: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield)

• Save the Sungmi Mountain (Sung Hwan Kim)

• When Clouds Clear (Anne Slick, Danielle Bernstein)

What was the Best Animated Featured Film of 2009?

• 9

• Christmas Carol

• The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

• Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

• Up

Who was the best Asian Director in 2009?

• Joon-ho Bong (Mother)

• Xiao-gang Feng (The Founding of a Republic)

• Hirokazu Koreeda (Air Doll)

• Hayao Miyazaki (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea)

• John Woo (Red Cliff II)

What was the best Asian Film in 2009?

• Forever Enthralled (China)

• Nobody to Watch Over Me (Japan)

• Mother (Korea)

• Red Cliff II (Hong Kong)

• Thirst (Bakjwi) (Korea)

What was the best dramatic film in Asia in 2009?

• Forever Enthralled (China)

• Nobody to Watch Over Me (Japan)

• Mother (Korea)

• Red Cliff II (Hong Kong)

• Thirst (Bakjwi) (Korea)

What was the best Asian comedy in 2009?

• Crazy Racer (China)

• Good Morning President (Korea)

• The Founding of a Republic (China) – Hmm…this is NOT a comedy…

• My Fair Gentleman (China)

• Speedy Scandal (Korea)

What was the best Asian Action Film in 2009?

• Sniper (The Sun Cheung Sau) (Hong Kong)

• Take Off (Gukga daepyo) (Korea)

• Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (Japan)

• Tidal Wave (Haeundae) (Korea)

• Yatterman (Yattaman) (Japan)

What was the best Asian Thriller in 2009?

• Mother (Korea)

• M.W. (Japan)

• Private Eye (Geu-Rim-Ja Sal-in) (Korea)

• Sniper (The Sun Cheung Sau) (Hong Kong)

• Thirst (Korea)

Who was the best Asian Actor in 2009?

• Joseph Chang (Prince of Tears)

• Jung-woo Ha (Take Off)

• Myeong-min Kim (Closer to Heaven)

• Leon Lai (Forever Enthralled)

• Kang-ho Song (Thirst)

Who was the Best Asian Actress in 2009?

• Ji-won Ha (Closer to Heaven)

• Hye-ja Kim (Mother)

• Ok-bin Kim (Thirst)

• Mirai Shida (Nobody to Watch Over Me)

• Ziyi Zhang (Forever Enthralled)

Who was the Best Asian Entertainer in 2009?

• Eason Chan (China)

• Ayumi Hamasaki (Japan)

• Bae Yong Joon (Yon Sama) (Korea)

• Rain (Jeong Jihoon / Jung Jihoon ) (Korea)

• Jin Cheng Wu (Takeshi Kaneshiro) (Taiwan/Japan)

Who should be awarded Asian Cultural Ambassador of 2009?

• Jackie Chan (China)

• Rain (Jeong Jihoon / Jung Jihoon ) (Korea)

• Bae Yong Joon (Korea)

• Byung-Hun Lee (Korea)

• Ken Watanabe (Japan)

Who should be awarded Asian Cultural Ambassador of the Decade? (2000-2009)

• Jackie Chan (China)

• Rain (Jeong Jihoon / Jung Jihoon ) (Korea)

• Takeshi Kaneshiro (Japan/Taiwan)

• Jet Li (China)

• Ken Watanabe (Japan)

What was the Best Asian Film of the Decade? (Released between 2000 and 2009)

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long) (China)

• Departures (Okuribito) (Japan)

• Oldboy (Korea)

• Red Cliff (Chi bi) (China)

• Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)(Japan)

Who were the 10 Best Asian Actors of the Decade? (2000-2009)

• Tadanobu Asano (Japan)

• Sung-ki Ahn (Korea)

• Lau Ching-Wan (China)

• Min-shik Choi (Korea)

• Stephen Chow (China)

• Yun-Fat Chow (China)

• Jung-min Hwang (Korea)

• Dong Gun Jang (Korea)

• Takeshi Kaneshiro (Taiwan/Japan)

• Yun-seok Kim (Korea)

• Andy Lau (China)

• Yoon-seok Kim (Korea)

• Beat Takeshi Kitano (Japan)

• Byung Hyun Lee (Korea)

• Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (China)

• Tony Leung Ka-Fai (China)

• Masahiro Motoki (Japan)

• Kiichi Nakai (Japan)

• Joong-Hoon Park (Korea)

• Hiroyuki Sanada (Japan)

• Lim Kay Siu (Singapore)

• Kyung-gu Sol (Korea)

• Kang-ho Song (Korea)

• Akira Terao (Japan)

• Ken Watanabe (Japan)

• Kam Woo-Sung (Korea)

• Qi Yu Wu (Singapore)

• Kouji Yakusho (Japan)

• Yuya Yagira (Japan)

• Hidetaka Yoshioka (Japan)

Who were the 10 Best Asian Actresses of the Decade? (2000-2009)

• Hong Anh (Vietnam)

• Nora Aunor (Philippines)

• Sylvia Chang (China)

• Cecilia Cheung (China)

• Maggie Cheung (China)

• Kyoko Fukada (Japan)

• Siqin Gaowa (China)

• Paw Hee-Ching (China)

• Ryouko Hirosue (Japan)

• Do-yeon Jeon (Korea)

• Hye-Soo Kim (Korea)

• Yoon-jin Kim (Korea)

• Rinko Kikuchi (Japan)

• Koyuki (Japan)

• Yuki Kudou (Japan)

• Angelica Lee (China)

• Gong Li (China)

• Wong Li Lin (Singapore)

• Liu Ling Ling (Singapore)

• Rie Miyazawa (Japan)

• Yuki Nae (Japan)

• Sandrine Pinna (Taiwan)

• Sinjai Plengpanich (Thailand)

• Ye-jin Sohn (Korea)

• Wei Tang (Taiwan)

• Zhou Xun (China)

• Jin Yaqing (China)

• Do Thi Hai Yen (Vietnam)

• Michelle Yeoh (Malaysia)

• Ziyi Zhang (China)

MY TAKE: The following people (and films) who SHOULD HAVE MADE the list point blank. Let’s roll:

• Chang Chen

• Won Bin

• Zhang Yimou AND his 2002 film Hero

• Park Chan-wook

• Aamir Khan AND his 2008 film Ghajini & 2009 film 3 Idiots

• Amitabh Bachchan – How in gawd’s name can you forget Big B??

• Aaron Kwon – Again, how in gawd’s name can you forget Aaron??

• Arjun Rampal

• Anil Kapoor

• Hrithik Roshan AND his 2008 film Jodhaa Akbar

• Shahrukh Khan

• ARASHI

• GACKT

• Jay Chou

• Leehom Wang

• Jacky Cheung

Before I sign off…what is America’s obsession with Zhang Ziyi?? I mean she’s talented but geez there are so many other Asian actresses out there who are even better (yeah, I said it).

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The first stills from Korean director Kim Tae-yong’s Late Autumn starring Tang Wei and Hyeon Bin.Tang stars a prisoner who hooks up with a runaway counterfeiter (Hyeon Bin) on a three day whirlwind romance. Late Autumn, a remake of the classic film Manchu, releases later this year.

(photos: ent.163.com)

Stills of actress Zhang Yuqi in the upcoming action comedy When Blade Meets Smile (Dao Jian Xiao). The film releases in May 2010.

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Check out the first images of Daniel Wu, Gong Beibi and Kevin Spacey on the set of Chinese-American film director Dayyan Eng’s Inseparable. The movie is currently being shot in Guangzhou, in southern China.

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True Legend cast

Zhou Xun & Jay Chou

Pics from the Beijing premiere of the highly-anticipated martial arts film True Legend (aka Su Qi-Er). Major cast members including Jay Chou, Zhou Xun and Vincent Zhou along with director Yuen attended the film’s screening. True Legend releases nationwide on February 9th.

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14 Blades director Daniel Lee (photo: mingpao.com)

14 BLADES‘director Daniel Lee Yan Kong finally let the cat out the bag. On Friday Lee publicly acknowledged actress Zhao’s pregnancy. As you know Zhao has been noticeably absent for the film’s promotional tour. Director Lee Yan Kong told the media,

“I fully understand Zhao Wei, I hope everyone can give her some personal pace. As a good friend, we stand on her side. Anyone would want to see the birth of their own child.”

The good news is now confirmed. For several months rumors spread Zhao was expecting her first child. Congrats.

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Michelle Yeoh & Jung Woo-sung

Barbie Hsu

Barbie Hsu (photos: crienglish)

More fantastic movie stills released on Friday from John Woo/Terence Chang’s upcoming romance/martial art film Jianyu Jianghu, starring Michelle Yeoh, Woo-sung Jung, Kelly Lin, Barbie Hsu and Xueqi Wang.

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