Word: gongster
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...Soon the Gongster will be working again with one of the world's best directors: Zhang Yimou. The pair who opened the world's eyes to Chinese cinema, together for the first time in a dozen years! We can already envision the drama on the set: the passion, the intensity ... and that molten stare...
...visual splendor never obscures the furtive, assertive heart beating under the kimono. I loved seeing most of my favorite Chinese actresses in one movie (even if they were turning Japanese), and watching Gong Li stride away with her first big English-language picture. As the vindictive Hatsumomo, the Gongster flashes a stiletto stare that can burn in passion or turn on a rival with Freon fury. Those are pleasures enough for this unapologetic reviewer...
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