It was recently announced that actress Nagasawa Masami will participate in John Woo's upcoming two-parter "The Crossing". The film features an ensemble Asian cast headed by Tong Dawei, Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming, Song Hye-kyo, Kaneshiro Takeshi, and Nagasawa.
Production began earlier this month and the production team around Woo are still in the talks with many more actors. "The Crossing" is set against the upheavals of revolutionary China in 1949 and depicts the story of three couples from different backgrounds who make a fateful voyage on a ship fleeing China to Taiwan. The screenplay is written by Wang Huiling, who previously co-wrote "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and who adapted "Lust Caution".
Nagasawa has already appeared in a Taiwanese drama, which is slated for broadcast this summer, but it's her first appearance in a foreign film. She was able to polish her language skills in the drama that was filmed entirely in Chinese, which eventually led to this casting offer according to her agency.
The foreign actors will join the production later this month. Filming is scheduled to take place in Beijing, Shanghai, Taiwan and other locations. Woo plans to release the first part of "The Crossing" in China at the end of 2014 and the second part in 2015. A Japanese release date has not been fixed yet.
Source: Cinema Today
Production began earlier this month and the production team around Woo are still in the talks with many more actors. "The Crossing" is set against the upheavals of revolutionary China in 1949 and depicts the story of three couples from different backgrounds who make a fateful voyage on a ship fleeing China to Taiwan. The screenplay is written by Wang Huiling, who previously co-wrote "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and who adapted "Lust Caution".
Nagasawa has already appeared in a Taiwanese drama, which is slated for broadcast this summer, but it's her first appearance in a foreign film. She was able to polish her language skills in the drama that was filmed entirely in Chinese, which eventually led to this casting offer according to her agency.
The foreign actors will join the production later this month. Filming is scheduled to take place in Beijing, Shanghai, Taiwan and other locations. Woo plans to release the first part of "The Crossing" in China at the end of 2014 and the second part in 2015. A Japanese release date has not been fixed yet.
Source: Cinema Today
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