YeinJee's Asian Journal » John Woo Yu Sen http://yeinjee.com Popular blog about Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, trend, events, traditions and offbeat stuff. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:11:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Tokyo Film Festival 2008 opens with eco-theme http://yeinjee.com/2008/tokyo-film-festival-2008-green/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/tokyo-film-festival-2008-green/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:55:27 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=7064 The 21st Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off Saturday (Oct 18) with Japanese prime minister Taro Aso among the ~300 guests that graced the opening event at Roppongi Hills [via Japantoday]

The theme of TIFF 2008 is “Ecology = Preservation of Earth’s Environment”, and the organiser replaced the usual red carpet with a green carpet made from recycled plastic bottles to exemplify the theme, which I doubt could bring any meaningful effect.

A total of 315 films from around the world will be shown during the nine-day event. Chinese movie “Red Cliff”, directed by Hong Kong director John Woo, was selected to kick start the screening; would be cute if the stars wore some green outfit during the green carpet to echo the theme lol.

Picture of the cast of Chinese movie Red Cliff at Tokyo Film Festival 2008 in Japan
The main cast of Red Cliff at TIFF 2008… (L-R) Vicki Zhao, Chang Chen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, director John Woo, Tony Leung, Zhang Fengyi and Lin Chi Ling (Image from Udn)

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/tokyo-film-festival-2008-green/feed/ 11 Red Cliff in Korea http://yeinjee.com/2008/red-cliff-in-korea/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/red-cliff-in-korea/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:01:21 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=622 The director and leading stars of upcoming Chinese movie “Red Cliff” are promoting the movie in Korea. Director John Woo and actors Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chang Chen and actress Lin Zhi Ling met the press in Seoul on June 25.

Battle of Red Cliff at press conference in Seoul
(L-R) Chang Chen, Tony Leung, John Woo, Takeshi Kaneshiro. Lin Zhi Ling

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/red-cliff-in-korea/feed/ 6 Song Hye-kyo to star in John Woo’s movie http://yeinjee.com/2008/song-hye-kyo-to-star-in-john-woos-movie/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/song-hye-kyo-to-star-in-john-woos-movie/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 14:48:45 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=299 Popular Korean actress Song Hye-kyo will be starring in the new movie directed by international renowned director John Woo. The announcement was made on May 20 in Cannes where the 61st Cannes Film Festival is currently being held.

Chang Chen, John Woo and Song Hye-kyo in Cannes
(L-R) Chang Chen, John Woo and Song Hye-kyo (Image from On.cc)

The movie, titled “1949″, is scheduled to start filming by end of the year in China, Japan and Taiwan. Song Hye-kyo will star alongside Taiwanese actor Chang Chen in the movie, which would be about an epic love during the turbulence time in Shanghai.

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