January 26, 2006

Zhang Ziyi/Takeshi Kaneshiro movie has a title

(Posted In Action Asia Drama Film News Martial Arts )

Kaneshiro-Zhang.jpgI reported back in the Fall that Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro would be reuniting to make another film together. As you are well aware they appeared together in Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers. This new martial arts epics has been given a title: Green Dragon Saber.

And there are further details about the real life story the movie will adapt from for those of us who are a bit shady on Chinese history. Kaneshiro will play the role of General Guan Yu. Guan Yu (160-219AD), also called Guan Gong in Mandarin, lived at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). He served as a general to Liu Bei, who founded the Kingdom of Shu, which was centered on Chengdu in west China's Sichuan province.

[Source: AsianFanatics via KFCCinema]

» Posted by Mack at January 26, 2006 11:18 PM
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Reader Comments

this aint right....this dude is from the romance of the 3 dynaties, and every in china knows he's no skinny pretty boy...how can they cast Takeshi for this role...errr

» Posted by shichibukai at January 27, 2006 09:17 AM

agreed, takeshi needs to gain 50lbs and get bad sun burn to play the role, and ziyi better not be some love interest bc this guy was all about war, not love!!!

» Posted by deeplydubbed at January 27, 2006 09:35 AM

Dynasty Warriors! The dude with the huge freakin spear!

» Posted by CTDeLude at January 27, 2006 11:40 AM

Who cares who they cast. Takeshi Kaneshiro is hot! I will see him in ANY movie he's in. Even if he's not "right" for the part! ;)

» Posted by Adri at January 28, 2006 06:48 AM

was guan yu a playboy? and is this show going to reflect when guan yu was a teenager before he got redfaced?

» Posted by sadface at February 15, 2006 11:05 PM

True, but he wields a large Kwan Dao, a blade on a large pole used to chop horses' legs off in battle. He is considered in the Chinese Folklore as the God of War....but it would be interesting to see his romantic side, with such a hottie as Ziyi!

» Posted by shimaqi at February 27, 2006 12:26 PM

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