According to the Time article I read Zhang Ziyi can’t speak English. Not enough to handle the direction anyway so Michelle Yeoh had to translate for her.
Unlike Koyuki… Yuu Takada… and any number of beautiful talented Japanese actresses.
They’re never gonna get the international pulling power if racist ****s like Marshall don’t hire them.
And as for the internet tossers on several nationalist boards in China who reportedly said Ziyi deserved to have her breasts hacked off for playing in a Japanese story - if they’re true, those ****ers want swatting.
Yeah well try getting good french food in England.
The two countries may be close but there are some substantial differences between how they prepare food. Hell! Within china there are substantial differences between how people from different places prepare food. And the countries are rivals. And both countries tend to be nationalistic.
No, no. What I mean is that there is a huge Chinatown in Yokohama (right next to Tokyo). The biggest Chinatown outside of China itself if I’m not mistaken. I’ve had some kick-ass food there, although I was usually drunk when I found myself in Yokohama so I might not be the most highly qualified food critic in the world.
Kannai’s food mostly sucks! You musta been lagged! You can get good stuff if you know where to go but most of it is watered down for the Japanese palate. There’s a good (just about one…!) restaurant in Roppongi, can’t remember the name but it has a ***** shrine in it and a large ***** shaped bell-ringer in the middle of it, with statues of peni and vaginas and what-have-you all over the walls… well, it IS Roppongi.
Nah, the best is Aji-Ou () in Ikebukuro, Numabukuro or Nakano. It really is the King!
Leave out the ‘French’ and you’d still have a point!
I recall a good (by my admittedly pedestrian palate) German place near Ebisu and a good Italian place waaaay over in Toyohashi. Ok, both of those dining experiences may have been somewhat biased by the bosomy babes dining with me at the time!
I’ve finally seen “Geisha.” I liked it, but that may be a product of my expectations being lowered by the tepid reviews. It was beautifully made. Great production value and cinematography. I didn’t not have a problem with the Chinese actresses playing Japanese Geish. Neither did my fiancee (who is more sensitive to these things). She didn’t like Ziyi in her part, but loved Gong Li and Yeoh’s performances.
I did have some logical concerns with the plot. (How did Geisha suddenly learn to speak english to American soilders?) but a better movie than I expected. Probably way off on the acutal going ons of traditionaly Geisha, but good entertainment.
