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"Hong Kong Noir" is, at night of location shooting in high-contrast color with lots of video, crime such as the theme, the Hong Kong version of the movie genre "film noir," which covers the sense of stagnation with no place to go in the works. In 1986, a big hit Hong Kong mafia movie "The men of the evening song," John Woo has been published, in it until the Hong Kong film industry kung fu movies and comedy was the mainstream, the new genre "Hong Kong Noir" It is to have been brought. John Woo is invited to since 1993 Hollywood, "Face / Off," "M: I-2", currentlyShibuhigashi ShinetawaRemake of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the in in public"Red Cliff"But it has directed one after another, the action epic, such as that responsible for the current of the Hong Kong film industry in Hong Kong of John Woo absence as the last jockey of "Hong Kong Noir", but Johnnie to introduce this time.

Hong Kong born Johnnie began filmmaking as a director since the late 1980s. In 1989, is attracting attention oversees "in when the lapse" to draw the men and women of the love that reunited to 10 New Year's Eve, in 1999, depicting the fate of the man who was tied to the organization and friendship "The including the Hong Kong Film Award at the mission ruthless of the law, "the award-winning. This work will be screened at in Japan was held in the autumn of 2000 Hong Kong Film Festival, it gave overwhelming support. Since then, were divided draw the three police organizations involved in one of the incidents, "PTU" (2003), was the stage the chairman election to decide the top of Honkonura organization"Election"And (2005), it has been drawn energetically friendship and betrayal of a man with each other unfolds in the night of Hong Kong of the darkness the world. Latest "Bunsuzume" can be seen in Tokyo FILMeX starting from November 22, also in Shibuya, recent work two works of attention, ahead of a public / Coming soon, to enhance the Johnnie heat.

From December 6,Theater Image ForumAt, blockbuster of Johnnie director of advance tickets were sold out in a few tens of minutes at the 8th Tokyo FILMeX of last year"Exile / bonds"There are public. Starting with the Venice Film Festival, Asia, the United States, the box office of winning of the Film Awards with a success, "" Infernal Affairs "since the best blockbuster" and the critically acclaimed this work.
The appearance of the site that lasted nine months, Johnnie is answered, "screenplay is also no, the story is how advanced the shooting leave naturally also or continue to develop." Anthony Wong of starring who came to Japan before the public also declared that "there was no story of explanation, let alone screenplay". On the stage in front of the Portuguese territory Macau of China return, both grew up, both went to the same organization, five men of many years of childhood that has been living together is, reunion into adulthood, eventually bond with each other to restrain each other a deepening state is drawn, say, but .... "Infernal Affairs 1, 2" series starring Anthony Wong, such as Francis Ng, the indispensable star has been waged appeared "improvisation" acting in Hong Kong cinema, keep an eye.

Also,Shibuya Theater TSUTAYAIn in public"Hu Die Fei"It is rare in the Johnnie who has created a masterpiece of action and suspense, that will repaint the past of memory that only the young men and women, it is a strange love movies. Is are you starring, "Meteor Garden" and Vic Chou, who plays one of the members of the handsome young man population F4 at ( "Boys Over Flowers," a remake of), Johnnie supervision work in 2003, "a hundred years Li Bing Bing, which also appeared in the good case. " For this work, Johnnie is, and "because I wanted to completely different work and until now, has been a variety of attempts" comment. So far, shooting but were often proceed on the fly while kneading the screenplay as well, "Exile / bonds", this time imposed that the "one character does not change the" dialogue of the finished screenplay to myself, thing with. Whether a new trial has produced the kind of effect, but 1 installment that does not miss the fans.

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