Zhang Ziyi to star in New Martial Arts Period Drama
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-27 15:35

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi and Taiwanese-Japanese heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro, last seen together in blockbuster "House of Flying Daggers", will star in a new martial arts period drama next year, a newspaper reported Monday.

Zhang, who is filming director Feng Xiaogang's "Ye Yan" (literally, "The Night Banquet") after finishing "Memoirs of a Geisha", will start filming the new movie in April next year, the Apply Daily reported. 　　

The flick will be directed by Li Shaohung, and "Hero" action choreographer Tony Ching Siu-tung will be in charge of its martial arts sequences, the paper said. 　　

The story will feature Kaneshiro as a famous ancient Chinese general who dies of love for Zhang, the paper said. 　　

Zhang's publicists did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment.

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