Tokyo Trial Nominated at 17th Golden Rooster and Full Blossom Film Festival

Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, Jackie Chan fail to make shortlist for Chinese audience film awards
Chinese film veterans Zhang Yimou, Gong Li and Jackie Chan failed to make the shortlist for film awards given by the audience at an annual domestic film festival which opened in China's northeast seaport of Dalian on Wednesday.

Directors Feng Xiaogang, Yin Li, Stephen Chow, Ning Hao and Gao Qunshu will contend for the Best Director of the 29th Full Blossom awards, with their "The Assembly," "Yun Shui Yao," "Crazy Stone," "A Hope," and "Tokyo Trial", respectively.

They were selected and then nominated during a general election campaign organized by China Film Association from April 16 to July 31.

Zhang Yimou, director of "Curse of the Golden Flower," has missed the shortlist, together with Peter Chan and Benny Chan, other two candidates announced by the CFA earlier.

"Curse of the Golden Flower" received heated and mixed reaction after its release in China in December 2006.

Zhang is also the general director of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic opening and closing ceremonies.

Gong Li was on the longlist for her leading role in "Curse of the Golden Flower" together with Xu Jinglei and Lin Hsilei, but lost out on a shortlist spot to Li Bingbing, Tang Yan, Gao Yuanyuan, Hsu Vivian, Leung Wing Kei, who were nominated for the Best Leading Actress award.

Kung fu star Jet Li will contend for the Best Leading Actor after beating off strong opponents including Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Chow Yun-fat, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Louis Koo.

He was nominated with Zhang Hanyu for Feng Xiaogang's "The Assembly", Guo Tao for 2006's black horse "Crazy Stone," Chen Kun for love story "Yun Shui Yao," and Liu Songren for "Tokyo Trial."

Li was acclaimed by audience for "The Warlords", depicting a struggle of three blood brothers and their love entanglements with a woman during a time of war and political upheaval in the Qing Dynasty .

He won the Best Leading Actor at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards on April 13, also for the movie, which was directed by Hong Kong director Peter Chan.

"Yun Shui Yao," "The Assembly," "Crazy Stone," "Tokyo Trial," "Invisible Wings" will vie for the Best Feature Film award.

All the awards will be given out at the closing ceremony of the 17th Golden Rooster and Full Blossom Film Festival on Saturday evening.

Programs of the festival include promotion of dozens of films, projection of more than 80 domestic and foreign movies, a film forum and several press conferences.

Source: Xinhua

Zhu Xiaotian Said He Already Won Being Nominated As Best Supporting Actor For HUndred Flowers Award

The most artistic among F4, Zhu Xiaotian is nominated as Best Supporting Actor for "Tokyo Trial" at the Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Award. Zhu Xiao Tian on the phone line in Taipei said modestly to the reporters, "being in competition with veteran actors with hard background and who are already mentors like Bao Guo Chen, Zheng Xu, and together with talented Jay Chou, I think I already won being included with them. "

Zhu Xiao Tian Plays Xiao Nan In Tokyo Trial

With idol drama "Meteor Garden",Zhu Xiaotian in Taiwan has gained alot of followings and the youthful drama has started his introduction to mainland market. "Tokyo Trial" is an excellent opportunity to this talented young man to make it from where he has began. "Film and TV dramas are really very different, when meeting the crew, I am very worried and pressured that I would mishandle the main theme of the film, and performing with Liu Songren , Eric tsang, Kenneth Tsang who are my mentors, taught me a lot. I suddenly understand that being with the old actors is all about acting, no matter what type of roles they play, they are so natural at it, no matter how hard it can be. "

Zhu Xiaotian was recently in the United States , won Shuaichao and Taijiquan championships, reporters asked him if he would be diverting his focus in life. Zhu Xiaotian claimed that martial arts is at present the love of his life, but he still would not give up showbusiness, it seems that he has adjusted to the idea that life and career can be very complementary.


He told reporters he loves making movies very much, actually there are alot of scripts at hand, but because of the film "Tokyo Trial", he is very careful in making film choices. In September, F4 will have a reunion concert, Zhu Xiao Tian will then be very busy. But we all look forward to seeing him soon, whether in music or films.

Source: enorth
2008-05-07 18:30
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