Posts tagged ‘Zhang Ziyi’
Zhang Ziyi – The Banquet
Zhang Ziyi is starring in another wuxia (martial arts) epic, along side Daniel Wu and Majing Wu. The Banquet has been described as a loose adaptation of “Hamlet”; it is a tale of fate and revenge set in 10th century China. A new Emperor has usurped the throne through murder. Zhang Ziyi plays the widowed
Zhang Ziyi – Memoirs of a Geisha
Zhang Ziyi was personally selected for the lead role by Steven Spielberg, who is the head producer of Memoirs of a Geisha. She will star with Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, and Michelle Yeoh in the long awaited movie adaptation of Arthur Golden’s bestselling novel. Set in a mysterious exotic world, which still casts a potent
Zhang Ziyi – The Night Banquet
First rumored a month ago and the subject of intense speculation in China for the past week, it is now officially confirmed that Zhang Ziyi’s next film will be The Night Banquet, a loose adaptation of Hamlet by famed Chinese director Feng Xiaogang.
Zhang Ziyi – Operetta Tanuki Goten (Princess Raccoon)
Zhang Ziyi plays a raccoon spirit princess in this musical love-story by Japanese director Seijun Suzuki. Her character, Tanuki-hime, falls in love with Amechiyo (Joe Odagiri), a prince who has been banished from his father’s castle. The sets of the film will resemble those of a play on stage. For her role, Ziyi took two
