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Tony Leung’s ‘Hidden Blade,’ Qui Jiongjiong Retrospective Set at Japanese Festival of Chinese Cinema (EXCLUSIVE)
A new film festival titled Chinese Cinema Today is set to launch in Japan.
The program, running Nov. 22-Dec. 12 at Tokyo’s Cinelibre Ikebukuro before moving to Osaka (Dec. 13-26), spotlights both commercial hits and festival favorites from mainland China’s growing film industry. The Chinese Now Hits section features recent commercial successes, including the thriller “Hidden Blade,” directed by Cheng Er and starring Tony Leung and Wang Yibo. The Play Back selection showcases recent festival circuit highlights including “Art College 1994” (Berlin Competition), “Gone with the Boat” (Shanghai Best Asian New Screenplay winner), Wei Shujun’s “Ripples of Life” (Tokyo FILMeX Competition), Gu Xiaogang’s “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains” (Cannes Critics’ Week closing film), Qiu Sheng’s “Suburban Birds” (Locarno), and “Journey to the West,” a Beijing Film Academy graduation project that has found recognition across Asian festivals.
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